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Conjunctions are words used to connect phrases and clauses. Between 25 and 40 months, children begin to use the conjunctions and and because (Owens, 2001) to join phrases and clauses. And is the most frequently used conjunctive form for children in the three- to five-year age range.
One of three basic strategies usually suffices to set a parenthetical phrase off from its root sentence. By âparenthetical phrase,â I mean one that constitutes a digression (or a clarification) â and, despite the name, it doesnât have to involve parentheses. I did it again. You see, the mildest form of parenthesis, for when you want to quickly insert a detail without distracting the reader, is a subordinate clause: a nonessential phrase framed by a pair of commas.