conj.

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conj. stands for Conjunction, a grammar and dictionary abbreviation.

Labels a word that joins words, phrases or clauses, such as "and," "but," "because" or "although." Grammars distinguish coordinating conjunctions from subordinating ones.

Example: although (conj.) in spite of the fact that: "Although it was late, she kept working."

Usage notes

The seven coordinating conjunctions are remembered by the mnemonic FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. Starting a sentence with "And" or "But" is accepted by most modern style guides, despite a lingering school rule against it. Correlative pairs such as "either...or" and "neither...nor" are also listed under conj.

Related abbreviations

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• Austral. – Australian
• aux. – Auxiliary (verb)
• BrE – British English
• Brit. – British
• colloq. – Colloquial
• compar. – Comparative
• contr. – Contraction
• dat. – Dative
• derog. – Derogatory
• det. – Determiner
• dial. – Dialect
• dim. – Diminutive

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