160 English Grammar Demystifi ed
- Chocolate is not only delicious but it is energizing also.
- Either you take the late shift and then I’ll be leaving the house before you
return. - Last summer, my vacation was not only busy but full of bad weather also.
- We’ll know we’ve succeeded when we see the children following our
family’s rules and then they should do well in school, too.
Creating Well-Connected Sentences
Writers add meaning and emphasis to sentences by using connecting words. In
Chapter 2, you learned about connecting words, called conjunctions. Now you will
see how you use conjunctions to connect sentences or parts of sentences to each
other. The conjunction you choose depends upon the relationship of the parts to
each other.
For example, how would you combine these two equally important statements to
make one stronger sentence?
Our children are very good at sports. We’ve decided to send them to a sports
day camp this summer.First look at this list of coordinating conjunctions:
also and besides but consequently
for further furthermore however moreover
nor or so then therefore
thus yet
A simple way to coordinate or connect these two equal thoughts would be to use the
word so:
Our children are unusually good at sports, so we’ve decided to send them to a
sports day camp this summer.Notice that a comma is inserted before so.