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Conjunctions link two like words together into a single phrase. English conjunctions include and, or, "but. In Gaelic the conjunctions include:

Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.

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-these are words that connect words or other conjunctions. There are three different types coordinating (and, but, ect.), subordinating (because, although, ect.), and conjunctive adverbs (however, moreover, ect.).
+Conjunctions link two like words together into a single phrase. English conjunctions include ''and'', ''or'', "but''. In Gaelic the conjunctions include:
+*'''ach'', "but"
+*''agus'' or '' 's'' or '' 'is'', "and"
+*"no" (pronounced <nowiki>[n</nowiki><sup>j</sup>o], "or"
-==Gaelic Conjunctions==
-*but ''ach''
-*and ''agus'' or '' 's'' or '' 'is''
-*or "no" (pronounced /n<sup>j</sup>o/
 ==See Also==
 ==External Links==
+http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_conjunction
 ==References==
+*Crystal, David. (1997) ''A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. '' Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
-Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.
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