coordinating conjunction

American  

Or coordinate conjunction

noun

1. 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.

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coordinating conjunction British  

noun

1. 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

You can always tell these sorts of storytellers, because every phrase is connected to the next one by what the grammarians call a weak coordinating conjunction: and.

From Forbes

We would have a compound, plural subject only if a coordinating conjunction like “and” connected the two gerunds: “Contending with that interstate competition and salving upstate New York’s economic wounds were …”

From New York Times

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

From Project Gutenberg