HOW TO PARSE CONJUNCTIONS
304. In parsing conjunctions, tell--
(1) To what class and subclass they belong.
(2) What words, word groups, etc., they connect.
[Sidenote: _Caution_.]
In classifying them, particular attention must be paid to the
_meaning_ of the word. Some conjunctions, such as _nor, and, because,
when_, etc., are regularly of one particular class; others belong to
several classes. For example, compare the sentences,--
1. It continued raining, _so_ that I could not stir
abroad.--DEFOE
2. There will be an agreement in whatever variety of actions,
_so_ they be each honest and natural in their hour.--EMERSON
3. It was too dark to put an arrow into the creature's eye; _so_
they paddled on.--KINGSLEY
In sentence 1, _so that_ expresses result, and its clause depends on
the other, hence it is a subordinate conjunction of result; in 2, _so_
means provided,--is subordinate of condition; in 3, _so_ means
therefore, and its clause is independent, hence it is a coördinate
conjunction of reason.
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