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Welcome to this tutorial.

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Today we're going to talk about compound conjunctions.

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Let's get started.

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Remember the conjunctions are words then link other words phrases clauses or sentences together.

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Have a look at the example over here Susan is an amazing wife and a wonderful mom.

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Note that the word end is a conjunction and it's used to link the sentences.

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Susan is an amazing wife a wonderful woman.

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Now there are many types of conjunctions.

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And among them are compound conjunctions.

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Now compound conjunctions are phrases which are used as conjunctions a compound conjunction has two

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or three words that go together for example so that a long gas even though etc..

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Have a look at the example over here.

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You can buy whatever you want as long as you use your own money.

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Note that the compound conjunction as long gas in this sentence is used to link these two sentences

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even though compound conjunctions have two or three words that go together.

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They are different from coal related conjunctions which are conjunctions used only in pairs.

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Now compare the sentences below.

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Beth likes painting as well as drawing Beth thinks that you can be good either at painting or a drawing.

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Now there are several commonly used compound conjunctions.

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Let's have a look at those compound conjunctions.

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You can buy closes as well as shoes there meaning you can buy clothes and shoes there they're as soon

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as it started raining they opened a window in the apartment meaning that it started raining and they

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immediately opened the windows.

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The kid sang so loudly as is or as though there was no one in the room.

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Meaning that the kids sang so loudly like there was no one in the room.

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Even if or even though I don't like plain honey I'll eat sweets with honey in them meaning that I don't

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like plain honey but nevertheless I'll eat sweets with honey in them John will pass the test provided

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that he studies every day meaning that if John studies every day she'll pass the test I'll turn off

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my phone so that no one disturbs me please turn off your phone in order that we are not disturbed by

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anyone knows that in order that is more formal then so that.