- Mozart was a great composer but he had a short and difficult life at the end of his lie,
he was penniless sick and unable to find work but he wrote music of lasting beauty
and joy.
8-3 Connecting ideas with so
(b) COMPARE: The room was dark, but I didn't nun But often expresses an unexpected result, as in @).
on a light.(a) The mom was dark, so I turned on a light.
EXERCISE 7. SO vs. BUT. (Charts 8-2 and 8-3)
Directions: Add so or but.So can be used as a conjunction. It is preceded by a
comma. It connects the ideas in two independent
clauses. So expresses results:
cause: The mom wns dark.
result: I mrned on a light.- It began to rain, SO I opened my umbrella.
- It began to rain, bt.+ I didn't open my umbrella.
- I didn't have an umbrella, I got wet.
- I didn't have an umbrella, I didn't get wet because I was wearing my
raincoat. - The water was cold, I didn't go swimming.
- The water was cold, I went swimming anyway.
- Scott's directions to his apartment weren't clear, George got lost.
- The directions weren't clear, I found Scott's aparment anyway.
- My friend lied to me, I still like and trust her.
- My friend lied to me, I don't trust her anymore.