...I'm just not a fan of conjunctions
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LaskyNub t1_iucjd3u wrote
Should be 'not a fan of connectives', which is what 'and' and 'or' are.
Was_a_Crusher t1_iuck6sp wrote
Conjunctions is also a word for connectives, tho if I remember rightly, it isn't taught to call them conjunctions anymore.
LaskyNub t1_iuclnyl wrote
'Conjunction' is just the formal name for a particular kind of connective, the 'and'.
MoobyTheGoldenSock t1_iud9ge2 wrote
Check the dictionary. They’re conjunctions.
Cptfrankthetank t1_iudn20z wrote
Conjunction junctions what's your function?
LaskyNub t1_iudc14q wrote
I teach logic. And it's really quite silly that I'm getting downvoted for stating an obvious truth.
But I'll say it again - a conjunction is a *kind* of connective - the one we mark with "And", or "but" or "however" or a whole lot of other words that *have the same function*. It connects two claims by *conjoining* them. That's why it's called a conjunction.
"Or" is a different connective. It's called a "disjunction".
You should check the dictionary, and you'll see that conjunctions are just what I say they are.
SanguineSanguis t1_iudek7z wrote
Why don't you try conjoining some bitches.
MoobyTheGoldenSock t1_iudlv4p wrote
So you shoehorned in terms from formal logic on a joke about English grammar, didn't make it at all clear that that's what you were doing, and then are crying foul that people downvoted you for it?
In English grammer, "or" is a coordinating conjunction. This is what the joke was about: not formal logic terminology.
LaskyNub t1_iudmybe wrote
Very good point indeed!
Totally_legit_bacon t1_iue8kqz wrote
You’re not great with logic, are ya?
Kangaroorapist420 t1_iuduoas wrote
Not downvoted because you were wrong, but because we don’t like you
JONNYHOOG OP t1_iuk7gmu wrote
I googled "and/or part of speech" and it said conjunction. I think the joke is corny but makes enough sense even to a fun vampire such as yourself.
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