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''It was raining. Therefore, we didn’t go swimming.'' A conjunct is an Adverbial Sentence Element . It is always Non-nuclear ; i.e. it can be removed and a grammatically well-formed sentence remains. Conjuncts are often marked off in the sentence by commas. FORMS OF CONJUNCT single word ''Consequently, I went home.'' Phrase ''As a result, I went home.'' Clause ''Taking that reason into account, I went home'' THE SEMANTIC FUNCTIONS OF CONJUNCTS enumerative ''First, we have to buy bread. '''Second,''' we need to take the car to the garage.'' additive ''He has no money. In addition, he has no means of getting any.'' summative ''A is B. A is C. To sum up, A is several things.'' appositive ''The French love music. In other words, music is appreciated in France.'' resultative/inferential ''Miss Gold lost her job. She, therefore, had no money.'' antithetic ''It is said that water flows up hill. On the contrary, it flows downhill'' concessive ''It is very cold. I went for my morning walk, however.'' temporal ''I had lunch. Meanwhile, my wife had her hair cut.'' SEE ALSO |