coordinating conjunction

American

Or coordinate conjunction

noun

Grammar. a conjunction that connects two grammatical elements of identical construction, as and in Sue and Andrea or or in He can't decide if he should stay or go.

coordinating conjunction British

noun

a conjunction that introduces coordinate clauses, such as and, but, and or Compare subordinating conjunction

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Etymology

Origin of coordinating conjunction

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

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But by his use of the coordinating conjunction, "and," he has failed to establish a logical relation between the two clauses.

From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.

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