Distributive conjunctions are conjunctions used to join words or phrases in a sentence, always expressing an alternation. For example: Sometimes you like sweet things, sometimes you prefer salty things.
Distributive conjunctions are coordinating because the words they connect have the same hierarchy and syntactic category. Furthermore, they are always written in pairs (or more), and each conjunction precedes each of the clauses they connect.
Some distributive conjunctions are:
| good / good | already / already |
| now / now | be / be |
- You may find this useful: List of conjunctions
Examples of sentences with distributive conjunctions
- Nowyou enroll in university, now you start looking for a job.
- Those two go around in circles, sometimesthey fight, sometimes they make up.
- He eitherenjoys doing physical activities or reading a good book.
- Nowyou help with the moving, now you go help your brother with his homework.
- He alreadyreads love novels, he already reads history books.
- Itmay rain, it may shine.
- We alreadybought a new TV stand and we already repaired the one we have.
- Sometimeshe is a very nice person, sometimes he remains serious and quiet.
- You’ve alreadytaken the exams you need to graduate, you’ve already admitted that it’s not for you, and you’ve stopped dedicating time to your degree.
- Nowyou wear that dress to the wedding, now you ask your cousin for one.
- You can go to the office dressed however you want, whetherwith pants, a skirt, or a dress.
- SometimesI read one book after another, sometimes I don’t touch one for months.
- You eat what’s left on your plate well, you clear the table well .
- It was obvious he was very anxious: sometimeshe stood up all the time, sometimes he wouldn’t stay still in his chair, sometimes he would bite his nails.
- Sometimeshe has a lot of money and buys everything, other times he can’t make ends meet.
- They’re nowcalling me to offer me deals, or they’re now sending me text messages telling me I’ve won something.
- The fire may wellhave been an accident, or it may have been started intentionally by someone.
- The two teams play very evenly: my brother’s team can win, or theother one can win.
- In that city, sometimesit’s full of young people on vacation, sometimes there’s not a soul on the streets.
- Youdo what I tell you, you ‘ll spend the whole weekend in penance.
- That psychologist may wellbe an eminence, she may well be a con artist.
- Hespends the whole afternoon cooking, he makes noodles with butter.
- In my job, depending on the project, you mayhave to work in the office, or you may have to work from home.
- My dog is cyclothymic: he eitherbarks and wants to play all day, or he just lies in the sun doing nothing for hours.
- My boyfriend has no middle ground. He’llwatch a whole season in one night, and now he won’t watch a single episode for weeks.
- I didn’t know how to cool off, Idrank cold water, I fanned myself, I washed my face.
- You can’t continue like this, so you eitherask to be transferred to another department or start looking for a new job.
- That boy is very active, hecan run, he can climb trees, he can do handstands.
- He is unpredictable: heis in a very good mood, he is angry about everything.
- The painter mayhave finished everything, and he may still have the kitchen left.
- Nowyou sign up for swimming, now you stop skipping hockey lessons, but you have to play a sport.
- Juanita is very unbearable in class: sometimesshe starts chatting, sometimes she stops all the time, sometimes she asks the same thing several times.
- My brother cansit down and do his homework in one sitting, or he can be distracted all the time and do nothing for hours.
- That bar is always different: sometimesthey change the lighting, sometimes they move the tables, sometimes they paint the walls.
- The same thing always happens with that author: you eitherlove him or hate
- The teacher is crazy: one thing she explains, another thing she explainsexactly the opposite in the same class.
- The children were unbearable, they startedshouting, they started hitting each other, they started fighting, they started throwing each other around.
- Nowyou serve customers, now you sort the merchandise that has arrived.
- Lucio is an excellent student: healways does his homework, he gets excellent grades, and he helps his classmates.
- I never know how she might react to an emergency: sometimesshe freezes, sometimes she gets nervous and blocked, sometimes she handles everything very well.
- My teacher sometimesexplains the same thing 20 times, sometimes doesn’t even mention a topic, and then includes it in the exam.
- I have a lot of plans for this weekend: I’m alreadygoing out to dinner with my friends, I’m already having my cousin’s birthday party, I’m already having lunch with my coworkers.
- The clothes they sell in that store maylast for years, or they may fall apart as soon as you wear them.
- Eitheryou accompany me to run some errands, or you stay home helping your father with the garden.
- Youask me for one thing for your birthday, and you ask me for another.
- It depends on the day, eitherI have the whole afternoon free, or I have to attend classes and dance lessons.
- Nowyou go for a run or go to the gym, now you stay on the couch all day watching movies.
- In my country, itmay snow in winter, but the temperatures may be pleasant.
- You alreadydress up as a superhero, you already dress up as Bart Simpson.
- Eitheryou get tired very quickly, or you enjoy it a lot.




