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en:grammar:conjunctions_and_connectors:and_but_or_because_so [2017/02/15 10:40] – [Introduction] kimen:grammar:conjunctions_and_connectors:and_but_or_because_so [2023/02/14 14:32] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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-======Conjunctions: and, but, or, because, so ======+
 ======Conjunctions: and, but, or, because, so ====== ======Conjunctions: and, but, or, because, so ======
 =====Introduction===== =====Introduction=====
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-=====Definition===== 
-<html><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri">And</SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri">,<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc"> but</SPAN>,<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc"> or</SPAN>,<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc"> </SPAN>and <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">so </SPAN>are<SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0"> conjunctions</SPAN>.</SPAN></B></P> <P><BR>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P></html> 
-=====Construction===== 
-<html><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">They join two parts of a sentence:<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /></SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <TABLE class=TableGrid1 style="BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; MARGIN: auto auto auto 19.6pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=1> <TBODY> <TR style="HEIGHT: 17pt; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; HEIGHT: 17pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 140.1pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" width=187> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">I have two sons</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; HEIGHT: 17pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 63.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" width=85> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">and</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; HEIGHT: 17pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 163.05pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" width=217> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">one daughter.</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="HEIGHT: 17pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1"> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; HEIGHT: 17pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 140.1pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" width=187> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">I like dogs</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; HEIGHT: 17pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 63.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" width=85> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">but</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; HEIGHT: 17pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 163.05pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" width=217> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">I don't like cats.</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="HEIGHT: 17pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2"> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; HEIGHT: 17pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 140.1pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" width=187> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">Do you prefer tea</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; HEIGHT: 17pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 63.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" width=85> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">or</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; HEIGHT: 17pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 163.05pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" width=217> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">coffee?</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="HEIGHT: 17pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3"> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; HEIGHT: 17pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 140.1pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" width=187> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">We're not going out today</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; HEIGHT: 17pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 63.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" width=85> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">because</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; HEIGHT: 17pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 163.05pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" width=217> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">it's raining.</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="HEIGHT: 17pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4; "> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; HEIGHT: 17pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 140.1pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" width=187> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">It's raining </SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; HEIGHT: 17pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 63.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" width=85> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">so</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; HEIGHT: 17pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 163.05pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" width=217> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">we're not going out today. </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P><BR></html> 
-=====Uses===== 
-<html><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">We use them to add some extra information. <?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /></SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: red; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <TABLE class=LightList-Accent11 style="BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid #5B9BD5 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=1> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND: #5b9bd5; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 90.45pt" vAlign=top width=121> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 5"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">Conjunction</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND: #5b9bd5; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 191.4pt" vAlign=top width=255> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">Use</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BACKGROUND: #5b9bd5; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 196.95pt" vAlign=top width=263> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">Examples</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0"> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 90.45pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=121> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">and</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 191.4pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=255> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">To join two or more pieces of information - it suggests 'also'</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 196.95pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=263> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">I live in Paris <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">and</SPAN> I work in a bank.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">We need bread, cheese <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">and</SPAN> wine.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 90.45pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=121> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">but</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 191.4pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=255> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">To join two contrasting ideas</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 196.95pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=263> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">I'm busy today <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">but</SPAN> I'm free tomorrow.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 2"> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 90.45pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=121> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">or</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 191.4pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=255> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">To join two or more pieces of information in a negative sentence</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">To join two possibilities</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 196.95pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=263> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">I don't like wine <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">or</SPAN> beer.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">We don't have any apples, oranges <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">or</SPAN> bananas.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">We can finish this today <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">or</SPAN> tomorrow.</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 3"> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 90.45pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=121> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">because</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 191.4pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=255> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">To give a reason</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 196.95pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=263> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">I'm having lunch early today <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">because</SPAN> I have a meeting this afternoon.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 4; "> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 90.45pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=121> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">so</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 191.4pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=255> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">To add a consequence or a result</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 196.95pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=263> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">I have a meeting this afternoon <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">so </SPAN>I'm having lunch early today.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><BR>&nbsp;</P></html> 
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-<html><P><IMG id=4 style="HEIGHT: 88px; WIDTH: 126px" alt=Image src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/4_3c71456e14684fe9fbfaba5bdffdbbb9.jpg" height=115>&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><STRONG>In Canada, they speak English <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">and</SPAN> French.</STRONG></SPAN></P><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN> <P><IMG id=1252 style="HEIGHT: 149px; WIDTH: 126px" alt=Image src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1252_2cbe1e25bcd20384a34c5fd3a7b7dfe9.png" height=189>&nbsp; <B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri">"I'm not available on Wednesday, Thursday <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">or</SPAN> Friday."</SPAN></B></P> <P><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">"Well, I'm free on Monday <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">but</SPAN> not Tuesday."</SPAN></B></P><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></B> <P><IMG id=46 style="HEIGHT: 97px; WIDTH: 129px" alt=Image src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/46_3e9c9d46ee3a2dedb45635645aff43b3.jpg" height=111>&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><STRONG>You can pay now <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">or</SPAN> when you leave.</STRONG></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN><IMG id=1818 style="HEIGHT: 135px; WIDTH: 127px" alt=Image src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1818_52d99695e38f05290b20bd91fb91dad4.jpg" height=172>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri">I'm not buying this</SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri"> </SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri">because </SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri">I don't like the colour.</SPAN></B></P> <P><IMG id=341 style="HEIGHT: 151px; WIDTH: 127px" alt=Image src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/341_1f59a442acb5d357552278a3cd0e9c4b.png" height=195>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><STRONG>It's sunny today <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">so</SPAN> we're having a barbecue.</STRONG></SPAN></P> <P><BR>&nbsp;</P></html> 
  
  
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