Notes and Conjunctions
A conjunction is a part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses within a sentence, facilitating the flow of ideas and enhancing clarity. Conjunctions are essential for forming complex and compound sentences.
Types of Conjunctions
There are several types of conjunctions:
- Coordinating: connect elements of equal grammatical rank, such as nouns, verbs, or independent clauses. Examples include: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
- Suborbinating: introduce subordinate clauses and connect them to independent clauses, usually to establish relationships such as cause and effect or contrast. Examples include: because, although, since, unless.
- Correlative: These work in pairs to connect equal elements in a sentence. Examples are either...or, neither...nor, not only...but also.
Importance of Conjunctions
Conjunctions create variety in sentence structure, clarify relationships between ideas, or avoid simple choppy sentences by linking thoughts together. Without conjunctions, writing would be less fluid and more difficult to understand, because each idea would need to be expressed separately.
Integration notes
Since I have a major focus on application integration with Obsidian, I often write about using Obsidian and other apps. Sometimes I have a sentence with a link to each app like Obsidian and Arc Browser.
However, if I want to write a specific note about their integration, I would create a separate Obsidian and Arc Browser note. In this situation, there would be three separate notes: Obsidian, Arc Browser, Obsidian and Arc Browser, where the first two are app notes and the latter is an integration topic note.
Map notes
In some cases, there is another form of a map note that is more focused as a connector on the intersection between a few notes rather than a cluster of many related notes that you want to organize and understand. These might be considered synthesis or comparison notes.
Synthesis notes
When you want to combine multiple ideas or concepts, it can be helpful to create synthesis notes where you assemble your thoughts together.
For example, although I have separate app notes on both Obsidian and Arc Browser, I might want to write about how to integrate these apps, so I could create an Obsidian and Arc Browser note where I develop my work on that topic for an output associated with an Obsidian Integration effort.
Comparison notes
When you want to analyze similarities and differences between concepts or ideas, it can be useful to create a comparison note for that purpose.