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<html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>The conjunctions <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">and</span>, <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">but</span>, <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">or</span>, <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">because</span> and <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">so </span>are usually placed in the middle of a sentence but can also be used to begin a sentence, especially in informal writing:<!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It's very quiet in the office at the moment <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">because</span> so many people are on holiday.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(112, 48, 160); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Because</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> so many people are on holiday, it's very quiet in the office at the moment.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>With <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">and</span>, <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">but</span>, <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">or </span>and<span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);"> so</span>,<span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);"> </span>there is a sense of a pause before emphasising something:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We need to find new premises. <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);"> |