They are words such as because, although, unless, whereas. They do the job of showing the relationship between the two clauses and showing us which is the most important. Greg stayed behind after ...

Khadija Attarabulsi from Libya writes: Would you please help me to learn and understand coordinating and subordinating conjunctions? I would be so grateful if you could explain them in full. Thank you ...

Two weeks ago, Forum member Justine A. asked two very interesting grammar questions but it was only last Monday that I found time to thoroughly analyze them and write this column. The first question ...