For instance, in this sentence, Soto is not the only Olympic athlete in his family, so are his brother, sister, and his Uncle Chet. It also turns the clause into something that depends on the rest of the sentence for its meaning. He took to the stage as though he had been preparing for this moment all his life. Because he loved acting, he refused to give up his dream of being in the movies. Unless we act now, all is lost.
Some conjunctions combine with other words to form what are called correlative conjunctions .
They always travel in pairs, joining various sentence elements that should be treated as grammatically equal. She led the team not only in statistics but also by virtue of her enthusiasm. Whether you win this race or lose it doesn't matter as long as you do your best. Correlative conjunctions sometimes create problems in parallel form. Click HERE for help with those problems.