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Sentence C<strong>on</strong>nectors<br />
Explanati<strong>on</strong>: Joining two similar thoughts<br />
Sentence c<strong>on</strong>nectors are used to express relati<strong>on</strong>ships between ideas and to<br />
combine sentences.<br />
C<strong>on</strong>nector Clause1 Clause 2<br />
for<br />
He couldn’t go<br />
home.<br />
He had no<br />
place to go.<br />
38<br />
Joined with a comma<br />
& a c<strong>on</strong>nector<br />
He couldn’t go home, for he<br />
had no place to go.<br />
and I took a taxi. She drove home. I took a taxi, and she drove<br />
home.<br />
nor/<br />
neither/<br />
but<br />
or/<br />
either...or<br />
yet<br />
He didn’t want<br />
help.<br />
I wanted to<br />
go late.<br />
She cooked<br />
dinner.<br />
She owned<br />
a car.<br />
He didn’t ask<br />
for it<br />
She wanted to<br />
go <strong>on</strong> time.<br />
He took her out<br />
to a restaurant.<br />
She didn’t know<br />
how to drive it.<br />
so She had to go. She called a friend<br />
to drive her.<br />
He didn’t want help,<br />
nor/neither did he ask for it.<br />
I wanted to go late, but she<br />
wanted to go <strong>on</strong> time.<br />
She cooked dinner, or he took<br />
her out to a restaurant.<br />
Either she cooked dinner, or<br />
he took her out to a restaurant.<br />
She owned a car, yet she didn’t<br />
know how to drive it.<br />
She had to go, so she called a<br />
friend to drive her.<br />
Meaning<br />
because<br />
additi<strong>on</strong><br />
and not<br />
c<strong>on</strong>trast<br />
either<br />
either<br />
though<br />
result<br />
5. Join the sentences using and, but, so, yet, nor, not <strong>on</strong>ly..., but, for,<br />
either...or.<br />
1. I heard the news about a fire <strong>on</strong> the radio. My family saw it <strong>on</strong> TV.<br />
2. They say it was caused by an exploding computer. I didn’t understand how.<br />
3. The fire chief called in all his men. He pulled them back.<br />
4. The building became engulfed in flames. They stood by.<br />
5. The police wanted to inspect the scene of the fire. The fire chief did too.<br />
6. They needed to examine everything. They did not think it was an accident.<br />
7. The police could not find the source of the fire. The fire chief could not, either.<br />
8. Maybe some<strong>on</strong>e set the fire. Maybe some<strong>on</strong>e caused the fire accidentally.<br />
9. The dogs found the source of the fire. They also found the burned-out computer.<br />
10. The fire chief wanted to close the case. The police needed to keep it open.<br />
Correcting mistakes<br />
6. Make all necessary changes to get correct sentences.<br />
1. I and my co-workers have a new project to work <strong>on</strong>.<br />
2. I hope my daughter will remain in school until she will finish her degree.<br />
3. I was unable to see anything. I couldn’t see my feet neither my hands.<br />
4. Because I needed to miss a meeting, so I ph<strong>on</strong>ed the secretary.
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