what are corelative conjunctions?

  Correlative Conjunctions are those conjunctions which are in the form of pair of words.

The common Correlative Conjunctions are:

1. Either …or… 

Example:

• Either John or George must have done this mischief.

2. Neither…nor…

Example:

Neither peter nor Andrew has passed the test.

3. Both…and…

Example:

• For seeking admission in a US university, you should sit for both GRE and TOEFL.

4. Whether…or…

Example:

• I do not know whether my father is arriving by the 8o’clock flight or 9o’clock flight.

5. Not only…but also…

Example:

• She not only wrote the screenplay for the movie but also acted a role in it.

6. Such…as…

Example:

• I see only such movies as have good songs.

7. Such…that…

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A paired conjunction (such as not only . . . but also) that links balanced words, phrases, and clauses.

The elements connected by correlative conjunctions are usually parallel--that is, similar in length and grammatical form.

 correlative conjunction
 
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Definition:

A paired conjunction (such as not only . . . but also) that links balanced words, phrases, and clauses.

The elements connected by correlative conjunctions are usually parallel--that is, similar in length and grammatical form.

These are the primary correlative conjunctions in English:
both . . . and
either . . . or
neither . . . nor
not . . . but
not only . . . but also

Other pairs that sometimes have a coordinating function include the following:
as . . . as
just as . . . so
the more . . . the less
the more . . . the more
no sooner . . . than
so . . . as
whether . . . or

 

Examples and Observations:

  • "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
    (Benjamin Franklin)
     
  • "To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe."
    (Anatole France)
     
  • "The loss we felt was not the loss of ham but the loss of pig. He had evidently become precious to me, not that he represented a distant nourishment in a hungry time, but that he had suffered in a suffering world."
    (E.B. White, "Death of a Pig," 1948)
     
  • "The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun."
    (P. G. Wodehouse)


     
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