I do love the old grammar terms

[woolybanana]

Try 'copulative conjunction'! What imagination came up with that one.

[NormanH]

I used to be an adept at the musical term from harmony of interrupted cadence

"That strain again; it had a dying fall:

O, it came o'er my ear, like the sweet sound

That breathes upon a bank of violets,

Stealing, and giving odour! Enough! No more.

'Tis not so sweet now as it was before.

"

[Pierre ZFP]

[quote user="woolybanana"]Try 'copulative conjunction'! What imagination came up with that one.[/quote]

Not only is that new to me but also to a lot of people I bet  [:P]

[Loiseau]

I must say, I thought you'd made that one up, Wooly!

I can't imagine why we weren't taught about them at school! ;-)

But i did just google, to find an example, or three:

"My kangaroo can sing. And she’s not too bad. Moreover, she won a Grammy last year. Plus, she’s a pretty good dancer."

Funny. We were always taught that it was wrong to start a sentence with "And"...

Angela

[Rabbie]

[quote user="Loiseau"]I must say, I thought you'd made that one up, Wooly! I can't imagine why we weren't taught about them at school! ------------- Funny. We were always taught that it was wrong to start a sentence with "And"... Angela[/quote]That's probably why we weren't taught about them. [:)]

[Loiseau]

OMG! I have just caught myself using a copulative conjunction in an email.

It can't make you pregnant, can it? ;-)

Angela

[woolybanana]

It is being up late at night which gets her going on these things! By the by, try a copulative correlative before dawn and see if they protest. Would itt be followed by a plosive and a dangling participle

Very James Thurber all this.

See what you have done to me, Oiseau and my mother thought I was such a nice boy!