Syndeton

Syndeton(from the Greek συνδετόν "bound together with" ) orsyndetic coordinationingrammaris a form ofsyntacticcoordinationof the elements of asentence(conjuncts) with the help of acoordinating conjunction.

For instance, in a simple syndeton two conjuncts are joined by a conjunction: "I will have eggsandham ".

In syndetic coordination with more than two conjuncts, the conjunction is placed between the two last conjuncts: "I will need bread, cheese and ham". Theserial commais not usually used in front of the conjunction between the last two items inBritish English,whileAmerican Englishgenerally suggests a comma: "I will need bread, cheese, and ham".

See also

• Asyndeton,coordination without conjunctions
• Polysyndeton,coordination with many conjunctions