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[00:06.55]Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
[00:10.15]Hooking up words and phrases and clauses.
[00:14.45]Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
[00:18.05]I got three favorite cars
[00:19.98]That get most of my job done.
[00:22.22]Conjunction Junction, what's their function?
[00:26.12]I got "and", "but", and "or",
[00:28.33]They'll get you pretty far.
[00:30.98]"And":
[00:31.73]That's an additive, like "this and that".
[00:34.40]"But":
[00:35.52]That's sort of the opposite,
[00:36.93]"Not this but that".
[00:38.79]And then there's "or":
[00:39.97]O-R, when you have a choice like
[00:42.75]"This or that".
[00:44.79]"And", "but", and "or",
[00:45.53]Get you pretty far.
[00:47.67]Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
[00:50.86]Hooking up two boxcars and making 'em run right.
[00:55.85]Milk and honey, bread and butter, peas and rice.
[00:58.33]Hey that's nice!
[00:59.75]Dirty but happy, digging and scratching,
[01:01.94]Losing your shoe and a button or two.
[01:03.90]He's poor but honest, sad but true,
[01:05.86]Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
[01:08.47]Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
[01:11.81]Hooking up two cars to one
[01:13.79]When you say something like this choice:
[01:15.75]"Either now or later"
[01:18.31]Or no choice:
[01:20.73]"Neither now nor ever"
[01:22.71]Hey that's clever!
[01:24.57]Eat this or that, grow thin or fat,
[01:26.59]Never mind, I wouldn't do that,
[01:28.29]I'm fat enough now!
[01:29.39]Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
[01:31.92]Hooking up phrases and clauses that balance, like:
[01:36.53]Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
[01:39.88]He cut loose the sandbags,
[01:42.55]But the balloon wouldn't go any higher.
[01:44.94]Let's go up to the mountains,
[01:46.20]Or down to the seas.
[01:48.49]You should always say "thank you",
[01:50.42]Or at least say "please".
[01:53.78]Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
[01:56.75]Hooking up words and phrases and clauses
[01:59.22]In complex sentences like:
[02:00.91]In the mornings, when I'm usually wide awake, I love to take a walk through the gardens and down by the lake, where I often see a duck and a drake, and I wonder, as I walk by, just what they'd say if they could speak, although I know that's an absurd thought.
[02:15.42]Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
[02:21.79]Hooking up cars and making 'em function.
[02:25.27]Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
[02:30.25]I like tying up words and phrases and clauses.
[02:34.54]Conjunction Junction, watch that function.
[02:39.31]I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.
[02:42.05]Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
[02:46.00]I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.
[02:50.68]Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
[02:54.46]I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.
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