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The ACT will include items that require you to determine whether word pairs are being used correctly. Most of these are correlative conjunctions, which consist of pairs of words that must accompany each other. The following list and examples can help you prepare.
| Correlative Conjunction | Example |
| As…As | The movie was as inspiring as the book. |
| Both…and | Both Joshua and his employee love to kayak. |
| Between…and | Between basketball and soccer, the latter is my favorite sport. |
| Either…or | I would like either ice cream or cake at the birthday party. |
| If…then | If we get to the movie theater early, then we’ll find better seats. |
| More…/ less…/ fewer… than | Her smile is more radiant than a summer’s day. I had less time to clean today than I did yesterday. We saw fewer birds than squirrels during our hike. |
| Neither…nor | Neither the teacher nor the principal was amused by the student’s behavior. |
| No sooner…than | No sooner had we started the movie than the power went out. |
| Not only…but also | The new car came with not only a sleek speaker system but also a GPS. |
| Rather…than | He would rather spend time studying than risk getting a bad grade on the exam. |
| So…that | It was so hot yesterday that I thought I would melt. |
| Such…that | He spoke with such conviction that everyone believed him. |