In the following sentence from the play Trifles by Susan Glaspell, which word or phrase is a coordinating conjunction? There was a man around last year selling canaries cheap, but I don't know as she took one; maybe she did. a. there b. around c. but d. mayb

Answer 1

The coordinating conjunction in the sentence you provided is c. but. Coordinating conjunctions connect words, phrases, or clauses of equal importance, and "but" is used here to contrast two ideas.