[ar:Terry Morel & Jack Sheldon]
[al:Grammar Rock]
[ti:Conjunction Junction]
[au:Schoolhouse Rock]
[00:04.58]Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
[00:08.60]Hooking up words and phrases and clauses
[00:12.86]Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
[00:16.64]I've got three favorite cars that get most of my job done
[00:21.15]Conjunction Junction, what's their function?
[00:24.66]I've got and, but, and or
[00:26.42]They'll get you pretty far
[00:29.43]And!
[00:30.18]That's an additive, like this and that
[00:33.05]But!
[00:34.30]That's sort of the opposite
[00:35.57]Not this but that
[00:36.58]And then there's Or. O-R
[00:39.03]When you have a choice like this or that
[00:42.50]And, but, and or get you pretty far!
[00:46.15]Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
[00:49.97]Hooking up two boxcars and making 'em run right
[00:53.98]Milk and honey, bread and butter, peas and rice
[00:56.99](Hey that's nice)
[00:58.49]Dirty but happy, digging and scratchin'
[01:00.50]Losing your shoe and a button or two
[01:02.26]He's poor but honest, sad but true
[01:04.28]Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
[01:06.32]Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
[01:10.67]Hooking up two cars to one
[01:11.93]When you say something like this choice
[01:14.69]Either now or later
[01:17.11]Or no choice:
[01:18.26]Neither now nor ever
[01:20.76](Hey that's clever)
[01:22.78]Eat this or that, Grow thin or fat
[01:25.04]Never mind, I wouldn't do that
[01:26.29]I'm fat enough now!
[01:27.02]Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
[01:30.78]Hookin' up phrases and clauses that balance, like:
[01:35.04]Out of the frying pan and into the fire
[01:39.30]He cut loose the sandbags
[01:40.55]But the balloon wouldn't go any higher
[01:43.31]Let's go up to the mountains or down to the seas
[01:46.85]You should always say Thank you
[01:48.86]Or at least say Please!
[01:52.12]Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
[01:55.45]Hookin'-up words and phrases and clauses
[01:58.39]In complex sentences like:
[02:00.03]"In the mornings, when I am 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."
[02:16.28]Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
[02:20.04]Hookin'-up cars and making them function
[02:24.05]Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
[02:28.06]I like tying up words and phrases and clauses
[02:33.27]Conjunction Junction, watch that function!
[02:36.34]I'm going to get you there if you're very careful
[02:41.06]Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
[02:44.96]I'm going to get you there if you're very careful