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In these videos we join sentences together, using linkers, just like a train using couplings.
Here are the linkers, and we're looking at three today: AND, BUT and OR.
Hope you enjoy it!
Right, let's get started.
We use AND, BUT and OR to join sentences and sometimes words.
First, the meaning: AND is like two people shaking hands; they agree.
BUT is like two people not shaking hands, because one idea doesn't agree with the other.
OR is like two hands pointing in different directions, where you have two alternatives,
two ways to go.
So first, agreeing.
I'll put the others in the cupboard for later.
Here are two sentences with happy faces.
We went to the movies.
We both enjoyed the film.
They are separate, but we can put them together with AND, because they are happy together,
they AGREE.
We went to the movies, and we both enjoyed the film.
And here's another pair: We cooked supper.
Fraser came to join us.
Put them together, and we have: We cooked supper and Fraser came to join us.
When we join two sentences together with AND, we often use a comma.
I said 'often', don't forget my favourite rule:
Never say never and never say always in language.
Now let's move on to the hands that don't agree, with BUT.
We use BUT to join sentences together.
Here are two sentences, one with a happy face and one with a sad face, so we put them together
with BUT because they disagree.
We went to the movies.
I enjoyed the film.
Antonia didn't like it.
I enjoyed the film, but Antonia didn't like it.
We can -- and often do - often use a comma when we join two sentences together with BUT
or with AND.
I'm planning a video about commas soon.
And now for OR, two hands pointing in different directions.
We use OR like this.
Here are two sentences We can fly to Santander.
We can take the ferry.
We can't go both ways, that's not possible.
So we join the two sentences together with OR, like this.
We can fly to Santander, or we can take the ferry.
OK, now I've got a few sentences to put together; see if you can choose the right linker before
I put it in.
Here are the linkers, AND, BUT and OR, and here are the sentences.
Just think about that for a moment, now I'm going to put them in.
The first one is: 1 I really didn't enjoy the concert, but Sam
loved it!
2 We can go to Acapulco, or we can go to Paris.
(we can't go to both places) 3 A lot of people came to the party, and everyone
had a really good time.
4 I bought a new computer, but it went wrong on the second day.
5 You can take the job, or you can wait for a better job.
Is that all?
Well, AND, BUT and OR join sentences together, but AND and OR also join words together.
We can use AND to join words or phrases together, like this:
He bought a shirt.
He bought a tie.
Join them together, he bought a shirt and a tie.
And we can use OR in the same way: You can have an ice cream or a coke (not both).
By the way, no comma with AND and OR when they join words together.
But look out for a video on punctuation.
OK, I'm done, that's all for today.
Bye for now.