# So Now, Conjunctions in Writing are Totally Uncool?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 8, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-conjunctions-in-writing-are-totally-uncool/793137 "2017-08-08T22:17:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-conjunctions-in-writing-are-totally-uncool/793137/21 "2017-08-09T19:53:45Z")

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> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#):
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> No, Lee is remembering his son, a huge young man apparently, who is in a Union prison camp, and not present.

Silly me. I thought we were discussing conjunctions, not the details of the story that you neglected to share.

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**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-conjunctions-in-writing-are-totally-uncool/793137/22 "2017-08-09T22:03:45Z")

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> [@Club\_33](#):
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> Silly me. I thought we were discussing conjunctions, not the details of the story that you neglected to share.

Oh fer cryin’ out loud, it’s not an editing contest. Chillax.

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**Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-conjunctions-in-writing-are-totally-uncool/793137/23 "2017-08-10T00:52:06Z")

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“For” is excellent to use in place of “because”, especially if you have a hand on one hip and the other out in the open as though you’re declaring something.

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**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-conjunctions-in-writing-are-totally-uncool/793137/24 "2017-08-10T10:32:42Z")

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> [@Eddie The Horrible](#):
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> “For” is excellent to use in place of “because”, especially if you have a hand on one hip and the other out in the open as though you’re declaring something.

“For I’m a little teapot, short and stout…”

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