Adjunct, disjunct, conjunct

• modify the meaning of another word or words in a sentence. Gives also extra information to a sentence; but when removed makes no harm to its grammar.

  Adjunct
• Adjunct

  • I will call you atleast by tomorrow
  • have almost completely forgotten to take my passport.
• Adjunct

  • I saw jack yesterday
  • In The afternoon, we have a tea break
  • We finished our assignments before we went out
• adverbial that expresses information that is not considered essential to the sentence it appears in, but which is considered to be the speaker's or writer's attitude toward, or descriptive statement of, the propositional content of the sentence.

  Disjunt
• shows that the speaker was pleased about the result of the action.

  fortunately
• They express the speaker's: judgemental of the truth of the utterances (modal disiunct)

  Example: probably, certainly, maybe
• The speaker's evaluation of a fact (fact-evaluating disjuncts)

  Example: fortunately, actually, to my surprise
• The speaker's comment on his/her wording of the sentence

  Example: briefly, in other words, to tell you the truth
• Or the speaker's comment on the subject referent (subject-evaluating disjuncts)

  Example: Wisely, she spent the money

  *She was wise to spend the money
• disjunct

  • Honestly, I couldn't believe it.
  • Unfortunately, Kim has had to leave us.
  • Honestly, I didn't do it.
  • Fortunately for you, I have it right here.
  • In my opinion, the green one is better.
• something joined or associated with another, it connects ideas, clauses or sentences.

  Conjunct
• The conjunct act within sentences to coordinate two ideas or to subordinate one to the other. Examples:

  1. She called and I was delighted to see her.
  2. The arrived late because the stopped to eat.
• Conjunct exist outside the clauses which they connect but relate the second idea.Examples:

  1. I was out of the house at the time. Otherwise, I'd have been delighted to see her.
  2. she did the work competently. By contrast, his work was sloppy and the result shabby.