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Some common connectives include ‘and’, ‘but ... A phrase acts as a single unit of meaning – for example ‘their pet Siamese cat’, ‘the fast-paced Hollywood film’.

Conjunctions join together two different, but related, parts of a sentence. They can be words like 'and', 'but', 'if', 'when', and 'because'. For example: I like swimming and she likes dancing.

Don’t: Forget to keep sentence variety in mind! Overusing periods to break up sentences or repetitive use of commas and conjunctions greatly affects the style of your writing. Don’t: Default to dropping in a comma every time you want to pause.