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A conjunction that is called a coordinating conjunction because it joins elements of language that are of equal status. The elements may be words, as in "cows and horses", "John and James", "provide wine and beer"; phrases, as in "working hard and playing hard" and "trying to look after her children and her elderly parents"; clauses, as in "John has decided to emigrate and his brother has decided to join him" and "He has lost his job and he now has no money". When a coordinating conjunction is used, the subject of the second clause can sometimes be omitted if it is the same as the subject of the first clause, as in "They have been forced to sell the house and are very sad about it". See CONJUNCTION.
The use of and at the beginning of a sentence is disliked by many people. It should be used only for deliberate effect, as in "And then he saw the monster", or in informal contexts.
Other coordinating conjunctions include "but", "or", "yet", "both... and", "either... or", and "neither.... nor", as in "poor but honest" and "the blue dress or the green one".