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Sunday 9 January 2011

ENGLISH GRAMMAR : CONNECTORS

ENGLISH GRAMMAR : CONNECTORS

Sentence Connectors


She drinks coffee. He drinks tea. (TWO SEPARATE SENTENCES)


She drinks coffee, but he drinks tea.

(Coordination)

She drinks coffee, and he drinks tea.

(Both ideas are equal)

She drinks coffee; he drinks tea.

(Closely related ideas)

Although she drinks coffee, he drinks tea.

(Subordination)

She drinks coffee although he drinks tea.

(One idea is stronger)

Although she drinks coffee, but he drinks tea.

(INCORRECT!)

She drinks coffee; however, he drinks tea.

(Sentence connector)

She drinks coffee. However, he drinks tea.

(Stronger break between ideas)

She drinks coffee. He, however, drinks tea.

(Variation)










Remember:

A period (.) provides the strongest break between ideas.

    A semicolon (;) is next, and a comma (,) provides the weakest separation.


Coordinators
provide connection between equal ideas.

(and, but, or, nor, so, for, yet)

    Examples:

    Mom and Dad

    red or green

    She stayed, but he left.

Subordinators provide connection between unequal ideas.

(because, although, when, while, if, as, since, whenever, wherever…)

Example:

He didn’t go to work because he was sick.

Although John was unhappy, he still smiled.

Sentence Connectors provide connection between large groups of ideas/sentences. (usually paragraphs)

(therefore, otherwise, thus, in conclusion, furthermore…)

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