Concession.
What though the radiance which was once so bright
Be now forever taken from my sight.
—Wordsworth.
Substantive.
It seems a pity that we can only spend it once.—Emerson.
We do not believe that he left any worthy man his foe who had ever been his friend.—Ames.
Let us see whether the greatest, the wisest, the purest-hearted of all ages are agreed in any wise on this point.—Ruskin.
Who can tell if Washington be a great man or no?—Emerson.
300. As will have been noticed, some words—for example, since, while, as, that, etc.—may belong to several classes of conjunctions, according to their meaning and connection in the sentence.
Exercises.
(a) Bring up sentences containing five examples of coördinate conjunctions.