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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.
When you have two phrases in a sentence that would both take a hyphen if the noun were repeated, you have to decide whether or not to use a suspended hyphen. I think it is unnecessary and ugly, but it is commonly used. All the part-and full-time workers went on strike. All the part and full-time workers went on strike.hen you have two phrases in a sentence that would both take a hyphen if the noun were repeated, you have to decide whether or not to use a suspended hyphen. I think it is unnecessary and ugly, but it is commonly used. All the part-and full-time workers went on strike. All the part and full-time workers went on strike.