SPEAKER 1: Sometimes in your writing, you need to link ideas. SPEAKER 2: Because they are related. SPEAKER 1: Good example. ‘Because’ is a conjunction. SPEAKER 2: Conjunctions are linking words.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir, “Than” and “as” are normally comparative adverbs. They are not conjunctions, because they do not link ...