Conjunctive adverb

Adverb connecting two independent clauses

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A conjunctive adverb, adverbial conjunction, or subordinating adverb is an adverb that connects two clauses by converting the clause it introduces into an adverbial modifier of the verb in the main clause. For example, in "I told him; thus, he knows" and "I told him. Thus, he knows", thus is a conjunctive adverb.[1]

## Examples

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Some examples containing conjunctive adverbs are:

Bob loved Mary with all his heart; however, he knew he could not be with her.

I cleaned my room; then I went to the store.

I cleaned my room, and then I went to the store.

## Logic

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The clause that a conjunctive adverb introduces invariably modifies a (usually previously expressed) logical predication. Specific conjunctive adverbs are used to signal and signify purpose or reason (so that), sequence (then, since), exception (though), and comparison (whereas).

## Common English conjunctive adverbs

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Some common English conjunctive adverbs are:

* accordingly
* also
* anyway
* besides
* certainly
* consequently
* finally
* furthermore
* hence
* however
* in addition
* in fact
* incidentally
* indeed
* instead
* lately
* likewise
* meanwhile
* moreover
* nevertheless
* next
* nonetheless
* now
* otherwise
* rather
* similarly
* since
* still
* subsequently
* then
* thereby
* therefore
* thus

## English punctuation

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Conjunctive adverbs are preceded by a semicolon or a period (full stop). They are usually followed by a comma. For example, "I told him; however, he did not remember" and "I told him. However, he did not remember" are both valid.

## See also

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* Conjunction (grammar)
* Transition words

## References

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1. ^ "Conjunctive Adverbs: Purpose and Use". grammar.yourdictionary.com. Retrieved 2021-02-28.

### Online sources

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"The Mayfield Handbook of Technical & Scientific Writing". Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Retrieved December 16, 2020.

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Lexical categories and their features

Noun|

* Abstract / Concrete
* Adjectival
* Agent
* Animacy
* Bare
* Collective
* Countable
* Initial-stress-derived
* Mass
* Noun adjunct
* Proper
* Relational
* Strong / Weak
* Verbal

Verb|

| Forms|

* Attributive
* Converb
* Finite / Nonfinite
* Gerund
* Gerundive
* Infinitive
* Participle
* Supine
* Transgressive
* Verbal noun

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Types|

* Ambitransitive
* Andative / Venitive
* Anticausative
* Autocausative
* Auxiliary
* Captative
* Catenative
* Compound
* Copular
* Defective
* Denominal
* Deponent
* Ditransitive
* Dynamic
* Exceptional case-marking
* Frequentative
* Germanic strong
* Germanic weak
* Impersonal
* Inchoative
* Intransitive
* Labile
* Lexical
* Light
* Modal
* Negative
* Performative
* Phrasal
* Predicative
* Preterite-present
* Pure
* Reflexive
* Regular / Irregular
* Separable
* Stative
* Stretched
* Transitive
* Unaccusative
* Unergative

Adjective|

* Anti-intersective
* Collateral
* Common
* Demonstrative
* Intersective
* Nominalized
* Non-intersective
* Possessive
* Postpositive
* Proper
* Pure intersective
* Relative subsective
* Subsective

Adverb|

* Conjunctive
* Flat
* Genitive
* Interrogative
* Locative
* Prepositional
* Pronominal
* Relative

Pronoun|

* Bound variable
* Demonstrative
* Disjunctive
* Distributive
* Donkey
* Dummy
* Formal / Informal
* Gender-neutral / Gender-specific
* Inclusive / Exclusive
* Indefinite
* Intensive
* Interrogative
* Personal
* Possessive
* Reciprocal
* Reflexive
* Relative
* Resumptive
* Strong / Weak
* Subject / Object / Prepositional

Adposition|

* Casally modulated
* Inflected
* Stranded

Determiner|

* Article
* Demonstrative
* Interrogative
* Possessive
* Quantifier

Particle|

* Discourse
* Interrogative
* Modal
* Noun
* Possessive

Other|

* Classifier
* Measure word
* Complementizer
* Conjunction
* Copula
* Coverb
* Interjection
* Ideophone
* Onomatopoeia
* Preverb
* Procedure word
* Pro-form
* Pro-verb / Pro-sentence
* Prop-word
* Syntax–semantics interface
* Yes and no

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