Search from various Tiếng Anh teachers...
Adam Long
What part of speech is "and when"?
Have a holly jolly Christmas and when you walk down the street...
It seems to me that "and" is a conjunction and "when" is also a conjunction here. Could I say they are both conjunctions and this is a "conjunctive phrase"? Someone has suggested that that "and" is a preposition here but I don't think it's true.
2 Thg 02 2017 10:02
Câu trả lời · 1
1
They are both conjunctions - definitely not prepositions. I wouldn't call 'and when' a conjunctive phrase, though, because these two words are independent of each other and serve different purposes.
The 'and' is a coordinating conjunction linking the two halves of the sentence; the 'when' is a subordinating conjunction relating only to the second half. They just happen to be next to each other in the sentence.
By the way, I just wanted to say 'good on you', as a native English speaker, for asking questions about English grammar.
There are many native English speakers here who don't admit to the gaps in their grammatical knowledge of the language, and they use terminology wrongly and give inaccurate and misleading explanations to foreign learners. Even if their intentions are well-meaning, such people do more harm than good. So I think that it's great that you're asking about things that you're not sure of. There'll usually be someone here to help if you have any queries.
2 tháng 2 năm 2017
Bạn vẫn không tìm thấy được các câu trả lời cho mình?
Hãy viết xuống các câu hỏi của bạn và để cho người bản xứ giúp bạn!
Adam Long
Kỹ năng ngôn ngữ
Tiếng Anh, Tiếng Nga, Tiếng Tây Ban Nha
Ngôn ngữ đang học
Tiếng Nga
Bài viết Bạn Có lẽ Cũng Thích

Same Word, Different Meaning: American, British, and South African English
22 lượt thích · 17 Bình luận

How to Sound Confident in English (Even When You’re Nervous)
17 lượt thích · 12 Bình luận

Marketing Vocabulary and Phrases for Business English Learners
14 lượt thích · 6 Bình luận
Thêm bài viết
