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another kind of word: conjunctions.
How is the word and used in each of these sentences?
Tom and David went to a movie.
The plane circled and landed.
Sarah sketched the scene and painted it.
Monica hit a double and two singles in the game.
A conjunction is a word that connects words or groups of words.
Two other conjunctions you use often are but and or. Like and, they may be used to connect sentence parts.
Andy or Gail will bring the records. (compound subject)
The performers danced and sang. (compound verb)
The forward shot for the basket but missed it. (compound predicate)
Buy some bread or some rolls. (compound direct object)
The soup was spicy but delicious. (compound predicate adjective.)
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