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Definition of Disjunctive conjunction
1. Noun. The conjunctive relation of units that expresses the disjunction of their meanings.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disjunctive Conjunction
Literary usage of Disjunctive conjunction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"same thing; and therefore the affidavit was not void for uncertainty because of
the use of the disjunctive conjunction "or," separating the allegation that ..."
2. English Grammar on the Productive System: A Method of Instruction Recently by Roswell Chamberlain Smith (1869)
"A disjunctive conjunction. Q. What kind of a conjunction, then, ... Q. From the
foregoing, what appears to be the use of the disjunctive conjunction ? 273. ..."
3. Smith's New Grammar: English Grammar on the Productive System: a Method of by Roswell Chamberlain Smith (1853)
"A disjunctive conjunction. Q. What kind of a conjunction, then, ... (J. From the
foregoing, what appears to be the use of the disjunctive conjunction ? 273. ..."
4. The Grammar of English Grammars: With an Introduction, Historical and by Goold Brown (1858)
"Id. " The Disjunctive. Conjunction serves, not only to continue a ... Id. "
When a disjunctive conjunction occurs between a singular noun or pronoun and a ..."
5. The Inland Educator by Francis M. Stalker, Charles Madison Curry, Walter W. Storms (1896)
"A disjunctive conjunction is a conjunction which expresses the relation of opposition.
The typical disjunctive conjunction is the word, but; eg, ..."
6. Murray's English Grammar Simplified: Designed to Facilitate the Study of the by Allen Fisk, Lindley Murray (1822)
"... and his brother resides in London," But when two nouns or pronouns are connected
by a disjunctive conjunction, they are to be considered separately, ..."
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