3. THE STUDY OF CONJUNCTION IN JULIA QUINN’S TEN
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3.1 Kinds of Conjunction
There are some kinds of conjunction, namely coordinating conjunction, correlative conjunction, subordinating conjunction, and conjunctive adverb.
3.1.1 Coordinating Conjunctions
There are four kinds of coordinating conjunction, they are : a.
Cumulative or copulative is coordinating conjunction used to add one
statement to another, for examples : 1
Annabel sucked in her lips, clasped her hands together in her lap, and wondered what she might do to give off the air of being infertile.
chapter 1, page 12 2
Louisa was addressing her with uncommon urgency, and she’d do well to listen. chapter 1, page 19
3 Annabel nodded, and an unfamiliar feeling washed over her. chapter 1,
page 19 4
A lady of intelligence and discernment. chapter 4, page 60
b.
Adversative is coordinating conjunctions used to express contrast between
two statements, for examples : 1
she was not always right, but she was almost always certain. chapter 1, page 15
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2 They had never had a lot, but when her father had been alive, they’d
always managed to make do. chapter 1, page 15 3
Louisa may have been shy, she may have been the last person anyone would expect to spread gossip and rumors, but she knew everything.
chapter 1, page 18
c.
Disjunctive or Alternative iscoordinating conjunctions used to show a
choice between two alternatives, for examples : 1
He seemed like the kind of man who could tell when a female was blushing based on the scent of the wind, or the alignment of the stars.
chapter 4, page 58 2
He held his tongue, or perhaps more accurately, bit the damned thing off. chapter 5, page 78
3 They were chatting about something or other and had moved off a bit to
the right. chapter 8, page 108
d.
Illative is coordinating conjunction used to express something inferred
from another statement or fact, for examples : 1
Her grandfather had been ranting about both this week, so Annabel had no excuse for not dveloping an interest. chapter 6, page 83
2 Sebastian hadn’t had his back to the approaching pair, so he only to do
a quarter turn to face them. chapter 7, page 97
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3 I’ve been away for several weeks, so I’m hopelessly out of date.
chapter 7, page 99 This conjunction is always found in all chapter in this novel. The most
frequently use are and and but. For examples : 1
... Fortunes of Miss Annabel Winslow, but there were ten things that made Lord Vickers’s pronouncement hit paintfully close to her heart.
chapter 1, page 9 2
Louisa had come by for an afternoon visit, and they had been quite enjoying themselves before Lord Newburry had made his unexpected
entrance. chapter 1, page 10 3
... Always an excellent circumstance for a man who liked good food, good music, and good conversation. chapter 2, page 26
4 So Newburry was panting after another broodmare. chapter 2, page 27
5 Sebastian kept his eyes closed, but he could practically hear his cousin
give a shrug. chapter 2, page 27 6
... And yet she felt it all the same.chapter 4, page 55 7
Was it my imagination, or did we have a perfectly civil conversation not ten minutes earlier? chapter 5, page 78
8 I haven’t agreed to anything yet. chapter 6, page 87
9 Nor did she notice that for someone who was so obsessed with
matching a hue exactly, Annabel did not see the need to actually bring the dress with her to the milliner. chapter 16, page 214
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10 His uncle did not have a reputation for baseness or cruelty, but nor had
any woman ever had cause to call him gentle. chapter 17, page 228
3.1.2 Correlative Conjunctions
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