At 11:40 a.m. on 26 September 2010, West Yorkshire Police received reports of a man falling 80 feet (24 m) or 42 feet (13 m) into the River Wharfe, at the village of Thorp Arch near Boston Spa, apparently having fallen from the cliffs above.
Noun. 1. coordinating conjunction-the coordination by conjunction of linguistic units of the same status. conjunction-the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction.
There are three types of conjunctions. They include coordinating conjunctions, subordinate conjunctions and correlative conjunctions. Coordinating conjunctions are small, effective words that join independent clauses, dependent clauses, phrases, things and items in lists. By definition, conjunctions join two separate things, and they create transitions between different thoughts. In English, there are seven coordinating conjunctions. They are for, and, nor, but, or, yet and so. They are also known by the mnemonic device FANBOYS. These seven coordinators follow similar punctuation rules, but they are used differently in sentences. Nor, or, yet and but all express contrast.