CONJUNCTIONS

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CONJUNCTIONS

Remember the following conjunction pairs:
§  Both…and
§  Either…or
§  Neither...nor
§  Not…but
§  Not only…but also
§  As…as
§  Just as… so
§  No sooner…than
§  No other… than
§  So… as
§  Whether…or
§  Between…and
§  Hardly…when
§  Rarely…when
§  Scarcely…when
§  As many…as
§  Rather…than
§  Such…as
§  Such…that
§  From… to

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