9. read the sentence. nalani and i are leaving as soon as we can. which word is the coordinating conjunction?

The cordinating conjunction is and

Explanation:

Conjunctions are words that help to link ideas instead of express them in a series of short sentences. That is to say, conjunctions are words that link phrases and clauses together. Such conjunctions are classified into three groups: Subordinating Conjunctions, Correlative Conjunctions, and Coordinating Conjunctions.

The last group, Coordinating conjunctions, allows to join grammatically equal clauses in a sentence.  

Among the most common Coordinating conjunctions are for, not, but, and, yet, as well as so.

Bearing in mind the described above, in the sentence, Nalani and I are leaving as soon as we can, AND corresponds to a coordinating conjunction.

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