The following groups afford opportunity for such study:—
- at, in;
- in, into;
- between, among, amid;
- on, upon;
- from, off;
- round, around, about;
- to, with;
- beside, besides;
- agree with, agree to;
- change for, change with;
- disappoint in, of;
- differ with, from;
- confide in, to;
- correspond with, to;
- part from, with;
- compare to, with;
- join with, to;
- connect with, to;
- come up with, to;
- talk to, with;
- speak to, with;
- hang on, from, to;
- live at, in, on;
- argue with, against;
- contend with, against;
- depart from, for, at, on, in.
CHAPTER VIII
CONJUNCTIONS
361. Conjunctions connect words or groups of words.
Conjunctions are either coördinate or subordinate.[41]
1. A coördinate conjunction connects words or groups of words that are independent of each other.
- 1. Hay and grain are sold here.
- 2. Will you take tea or coffee?
- 3. He was pale but undaunted.
- 4. The messenger replied courteously but firmly.
- 5. The troops embarked rapidly but without confusion.
- 6. Noon came, and the task was still unfinished.
- 7. We must hide here until night falls and the street is deserted.
In each of the first four sentences, the conjunction (and, or, but) connects single words that are in the same construction (subjects, objects, predicate adjectives, adverbs). In the fifth, but connects an adverb with an adverbial phrase (both being modifiers of the verb embarked). In the sixth, and joins the two coördinate clauses of a compound sentence ([§ 44]). In the seventh, and joins two coördinate clauses which, taken together, make up the subordinate clause until ... deserted; this clause may therefore be called a compound subordinate clause (see [§ 454]).
2. A subordinate conjunction connects a subordinate clause with the clause on which it depends.