joining together words or phrases of equal grammatical rank.

serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction; "`and' in `John and Mary' or in `John walked and Mary rode' is a coordinating conjunction; and so is `or' in `will you go or stay?'"

simply tacking phrases together - "and he ran and he ran"; compare Subordinating the marker used in the lexicon to label Demonstrative words (see VIb)

Thread colors are chosen that coordinate with the garment. For example, a navy blue shirt with a dark green collar and cuffs would have a dark green embroidery.