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And, but, so, both….and, either
We use and and both and to link two similar ideas in one sentence
She is tired
She is hungry
She is both tired and hungry
She is tired and hungry
We found both our tickets and our money
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We use but to contrast two different ideas
He swims. He does not play tennis
I live in Bristol, but I work in London
We use so to talk about the result of something; it links two actions (= and therefore…)..
I am tired (situation), so I am going to bed (result)…
They were late, so they missed the train
We use or and either…. Or to talk about two possibilities
She is French or Swiss
She is either French or Swiss
That man is either a footballer or an actor
I never work all day. I work either in the morning or in the afternoon
We use neither…..nor to put two negative statements together
Neither Peter nor Joan came
The verb form (came) is positive, because neither… nor makes the sentence negative: Not Neither Peter nor Joan didn't come
We can also use both, either and neither
Both of these suitcases are heavy
I have not seen either of the films
Neither of his sisters was/ were there
We can also say
Both/ either/ neither+of+ them/ us
He has two cars, but neither of them works
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