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======Conjunctions and paired conjunctions======
=====Introduction=====
<html><img height="100" id="87" style="width: 139px; height: 92px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/87_138627ee25e69c5fbdff3dbed299a336.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>As</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> I have a lot of work to do before the summer holidays, I don't have time to attend the seminar and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">neither </span>do my colleagues.</span></b> &nbsp; <p>&nbsp;</p></html>
=====Definition=====
<html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>These words have different meanings and uses but they can all be used as <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">conjunctions</span>.</span></b><br>&nbsp;</p></html>
=====Uses=====
<html><table style="border: currentColor; border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="111" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 83.4pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Conjunction<!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--></span></b></p></td> <td width="180" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 134.65pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Use</span></b></p></td> <td width="325" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 244.05pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Examples</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="111" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 83.4pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>as, since, for</span></b></p></td> <td width="180" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 134.65pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To mean 'because'</span></b></p></td> <td width="325" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 244.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We decided to work late <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> we're so busy at the moment.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I'll go to the seminar as well <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">since</span> you're going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><span style="color: fuchsia;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She was very excited, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">for</span> this was the first day of her holiday. [see note below]</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="111" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 83.4pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>yet</span></b></p></td> <td width="180" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); width: 134.65pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To mean 'but' - often to emphasise something that's surprising</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td> <td width="325" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 244.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I was really tired, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">yet</span> I managed to stay awake until the end of the film. </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="111" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 83.4pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>nor, neither</span></b></p></td> <td width="180" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 134.65pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To connect two negative ideas</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td> <td width="325" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 244.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I'm not happy about it and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">neither</span>/<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">nor</span> is Sébastien. </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td width="111" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 83.4pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>so<span style="color: red;"></span></span></b></p></td> <td width="180" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 134.65pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To connect two positive ideas <span style="color: fuchsia;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>[See 'so' in <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">and, but, or, so, because</span> rule]</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td> <td width="325" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 244.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I'm very happy about it and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">so</span> is Sébastien.</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br></p></html>
=====Since, as, for =====
<html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Note that<!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; line-height: 105%; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 105%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 105%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Since </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 105%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>and<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> as </span>have the same meaning as <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">because</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> </span>but they are used in slightly different ways. <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">Because </span>is used when a reason is a more important or necessary part of a sentence in order to answer the question 'why?' The 'because' clause usually comes second:</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; line-height: 105%; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 105%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 49.65pt; line-height: 105%; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 105%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I chose to live in the south of England <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">because</span> I wanted to be near my parents.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; line-height: 105%; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 105%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>With <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">since </span>and<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> as</span>, the reason is more evident, less important or already known. The <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">since</span> or <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> clause is more likely to be placed at the beginning of a sentence:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 49.65pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>As</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> we're so busy at the moment, we've decided to work late this week.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 49.65pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Since</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> it's such a nice day, shall we go out?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>For </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>is much less common in conversation - it is considered old-fashioned - but we find it in literature:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 49.65pt; text-indent: -0.55pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He felt ashamed, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">for</span> he knew it was all his fault.</span></b></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></html>
=====Yet=====
<html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Note that <!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>In everyday conversation, we are more likely to use common words and expressions with a similar meaning such as '<span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">but</span>'.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We sometimes use <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">yet </span>in short phrases with two adjectives:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 49.65pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>This device is simple <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">yet</span> effective.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 49.65pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Our boss is strict <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">yet</span> fair.</span></b><br>&nbsp;</p></html>
=====Neither, nor, so =====
<html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Note that </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>these are also<span style="color: fuchsia;"> </span>often used<span style="color: fuchsia;"> </span>as responses<span style="color: fuchsia;"> </span>to say that a situation is the same as that of another person.<span style="color: red;"> </span>Here are some examples: <!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <table width="612" style="border: currentColor; width: 459pt; border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="158" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 118.8pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'to be'</span></b></p></td> <td width="227" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 6cm;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Auxiliary verbs</span></b></p></td> <td width="227" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 6cm;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Other verbs</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="158" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 118.8pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"I'm hungry."</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">So</span> am I." ["Me too."]<span style="color: fuchsia;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"Philippe was late."</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">So</span> was Bertrand."</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"I'm not sure."</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Neither</span>/<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">nor</span> am I."</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>["</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Me <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">neither</span>."/"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Nor</span> me."] <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"I wasn't working on that project last year."</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Neither</span>/<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">nor</span> was I." </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>["</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Me <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">neither</span>."/"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Nor</span> me."]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td> <td width="227" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 6cm; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"Carine should be on the team."</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">So </span>should Armelle."</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"I've read this book."</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">So</span> have I." <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">["Me too."]</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"I can't help her with that."</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Neither</span>/<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">nor </span>can I." </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>["</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Me <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">neither</span>."/"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Nor</span> me."]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"This computer mustn't be used today."</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Neither</span>/<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">nor</span> must this one."</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td> <td width="227" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 6cm; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"I love chocolate."</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">So </span>do I." <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">["Me too."]</span> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"David went to the exhibition."</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">So </span>did Keira."</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"He doesn't want to go out to lunch."</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Neither</span>/<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">nor </span>do we."</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"I don't understand this."</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Neither</span>/<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">nor </span>do I." <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">["</span>Me <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">neither</span>."/"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Nor</span> me."]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Note that </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>we can say "Me too" when agreeing with a positive statement.<span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We can also say "Me <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">neither</span>" or "<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Nor</span> me" when agreeing with a negative statement.<span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p> <p>&nbsp;</p></html>
=====Examples=====
<html><p><img height="151" id="1817" style="width: 115px; height: 98px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1817_b648d256bacfb805794cf370ca92b3f8.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>As </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>we all have other work to do, let's stop now and carry on tomorrow.</span></strong></p><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'></span></strong> <p><img height="112" id="35" style="width: 120px; height: 74px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/35_02b2983305accbccc180d10e0b4814ba.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>Since</span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>I live in a city, I'm used to a lot of traffic and noise.</span></strong></p><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'></span></strong> <p><img height="198" id="427" style="width: 111px; height: 103px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/427_721fbd5328df09f3ae3c0f08b511870d.png">&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>He was nervous <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">yet</span> excited.</strong></span></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'></span> <p><img height="100" id="1451" style="width: 107px; height: 77px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1451_997fe1c27756e3023911eb56fbae4703.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I'm afraid there's no more pork. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Neither </span>do we have fish on the menu today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></b></p> <p><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="color: fuchsia;"><!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--><img height="99" id="718" style="width: 110px; height: 93px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/718_047a66590dd17fd915154eedf2247ecc.png">&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><font color="#000000">Arnaud made a speech at the wedding and </font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">so </span><font color="#000000">did his father.</font></span></span></span></b><br>&nbsp;</p></html>
=====Paired conjunctions=====
<html><p><img height="191" id="1823" style="width: 99px; height: 103px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1823_0124ea05f7daaf8db2d3a70233fd7d31.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>This meal is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">not only </span>tasty <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">but also </span>nutritious.</strong></span></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We use them to connect two ideas including nouns, verbs, adjectives or phrases.&nbsp; Examples:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-table-layout-alt: fixed; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""><tbody><tr style="height: 17pt; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"><td width="121" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: none; width: 90.45pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I invited</span></b></p></td><td width="76" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 2cm; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>both</span></b></p></td><td width="76" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 2cm; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Brenda</span></b></p></td><td width="57" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.55pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>and</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td><td width="132" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 99.2pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Angela</span></b></p></td><td width="178" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 133.2pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>to the seminar.</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 17pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td width="121" style="background: rgb(156, 194, 229); border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 90.45pt; height: 17pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td><td width="76" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 2cm; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Both</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td><td width="76" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 2cm; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Brenda</span></b></p></td><td width="57" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.55pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>and</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td><td width="132" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 99.2pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Angela</span></b></p></td><td width="178" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 133.2pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>are going to the seminar.</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 17pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td width="121" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 90.45pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It's available in</span></b></p></td><td width="76" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 2cm; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>either</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td><td width="76" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 2cm; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>red</span></b></p></td><td width="57" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.55pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>or </span></b></p></td><td width="132" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 99.2pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>blue.</span></b></p></td><td width="178" style="background: rgb(156, 194, 229); border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 133.2pt; height: 17pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 17pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td width="121" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 90.45pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I don't know </span></b></p></td><td width="76" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 2cm; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>whether </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td><td width="76" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 2cm; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>to fix it</span></b></p></td><td width="57" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.55pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>or </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td><td width="132" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 99.2pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>buy a new one.</span></b></p></td><td width="178" style="background: rgb(156, 194, 229); border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 133.2pt; height: 17pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></b></p></span><table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid #5B9BD5 1.0pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"><td width="140" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 104.65pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Conjunctions<!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--></span></b></p></td><td width="255" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 191.35pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Use</span></b></p></td><td width="244" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 182.8pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Examples</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td width="140" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 104.65pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>both...and</span></b></p></td><td width="255" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 191.35pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To emphasise that there are two things</span></b></p></td><td width="244" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 182.8pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Both</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> a knowledge of languages <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">and</span> IT skills are necessary for this job.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I like <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">both</span> red <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">and</span> white wine - I don't have a preference.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td width="140" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 104.65pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>either...or</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td><td width="255" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 191.35pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To talk about a possible consequence</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To talk about two alternatives or possibilities.</span></b></p></td><td width="244" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 182.8pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Either</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> we make a decision today <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">or </span>we risk losing the contract.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We can have the meeting <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">either</span> tomorrow <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">or</span> Friday.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td width="140" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 104.65pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>neither...nor</span></b></p></td><td width="255" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 191.35pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To emphasise two things in a negative sentence</span></b></p></td><td width="244" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 182.8pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I like <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">neither</span> tea <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">nor </span>coffee - I prefer cold drinks.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Neither </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>my brother <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">nor </span>my sister live in England - they both moved to the US after university.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td width="140" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 104.65pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>not...but</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td><td width="255" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 191.35pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To emphasise a contrast between two things - sometimes in order to make a correction</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Note that </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>this structure is most often used with the verb 'to be'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td><td width="244" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 182.8pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It was<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't </span>Anne who wanted to speak to you <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">but </span>Jodi.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It is<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't</span> blue pens that we need <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">but</span> red.</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td width="140" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 104.65pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>not only...but also</span></b></p></td><td width="255" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 191.35pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To emphasise that there are two things - it can express surprise or annoyance</span></b></p></td><td width="244" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 182.8pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Not only </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>is he good-looking <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">but</span> he can <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">also</span> cook!</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It's <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">not only </span>cheap <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">but also </span>practical.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td width="140" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 104.65pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>whether...or</span></b></p></td><td width="255" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 191.35pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To talk about two alternatives</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Note that </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>these two words can be placed separately or together<span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p></td><td width="244" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 182.8pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He isn't sure <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">whether</span> it's better to fly <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">or</span> go by train. <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Whether</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">or</span> not you agree, we're going to sign the contract.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"><strong><font face="arial">Subject-verb agreement</font></strong></span></p><p></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>With <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">either...or</span> and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">neither...nor</span>, the choice of verb depends on whether the first or second person or thing mentioned is singular or plural.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"><td width="319" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: none; width: 239.4pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>When the second noun is singular, a singular verb is preferred but plural verbs are acceptable in conversation.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Either </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>the sales manager <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">or</span> the director <u>is</u> going to attend the conference.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>When the second noun is plural, use a plural verb.</span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Neither </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>the director <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">nor </span>the sales managers <u>are</u> going to attend the conference.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>When the second noun is singular but the first is plural, you can use a singular or plural verb.</span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Either </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>the sales managers <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">or </span>the director <u>is/are</u> going to attend the conference.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></span><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Note that </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>when<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> either</span> is not at the beginning of a sentence or clause, we can omit it:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>It's available in (<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">either</span>) red <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">or</span> blue. <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>We can have the meeting (<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">either</span>) tomorrow <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">or</span> Friday.</span></b></p><p><br></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Not only...but also</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Note that</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We can separate <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">but </span>and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">also</span> - they don't have to be together in the sentence: </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She's <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">not only </span>creative <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">but also</span> good at solving problems.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Or</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She's not only creative <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">but</span> she's <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">also</span> good at solving problems.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We often invert the <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">not only </span>clause: </span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Not only </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>is she creative <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">but</span> she's <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">also</span> good at solving problems.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We can use 'too' or 'as well' instead of <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">also</span>. These are placed at the end of a sentence:</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She's <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">not only </span>creative <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">but</span> good at solving problems <u>too</u>/<u>as well</u>.</span></b></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'Whether' has a similar meaning to 'if' and can sometimes be used as an alternative to 'if' when we talk about <u>two</u> possibilities:</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I'm wondering if/<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">whether</span> we should tell him (<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">or</span> not).</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It depends if/<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">whether </span>he'll be unhappy about it (<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">or</span> not).<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp; </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I don't know if/<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">whether</span> recruiting more staff is a good idea <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">or</span> not.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He can't remember if/<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">whether</span> Aur</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>élie <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">or</span> Olivier is in charge of the account.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b>&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Whether </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>is preferred to 'if':</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a)<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>before an infinitive:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I don't know <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">whether</span> <u>to do</u> this now <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">or</span> later. <img height="111" id="39" style="width: 14px; height: 15px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I don't know if to do this now or later. <img height="149" id="40" style="width: 19px; height: 14px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Have you decided <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">whether or</span> not <u>to apply</u> for the job?&nbsp; <img height="111" id="39" style="width: 14px; height: 15px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Have you decided if to apply for this job? <img height="149" id="40" style="width: 19px; height: 14px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b)<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>after prepositions such as 'about' or expressions with a similar meaning: </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Calibri">&nbsp;</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>There was a lot of disagreement <u>about</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">whether</span> we should re-locate <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">or</span> not. <span style="color: red;"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It was <u>a question of</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">whether</span> (<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">or </span>not) to choose the cheapest contractor.<span style="color: rgb(255, 192, 0);"> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c)<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>at the beginning of a sentence:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Whether</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> we eat in <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">or</span> go to a restaurant doesn't matter to me - you can choose.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d)<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>directly before 'or not':</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; text-indent: 18pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Have you decided <u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">whether or</span> not</u> you're coming with us?</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Have you decided <u>if/<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">whether</span></u> you're coming with us <u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">or</span> not</u>?</span></b></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>Examples</strong></span></span></p><p><img height="194" id="341" style="width: 74px; height: 94px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/341_1f59a442acb5d357552278a3cd0e9c4b.png">&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>We've got <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">both </span>meat<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> and </span>veggie burgers - which would you like?</strong></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="119" id="540" style="width: 76px; height: 81px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/540_99576b1a3b28ca0b779a9641eb694b93.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>We can <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">either </span>carry on for an hour <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">or</span> stop now and have lunch.</strong></span></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="224" id="394" style="width: 78px; height: 101px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/394_fbf77ab960961e4b730696cb03838bd4.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>This job is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">neither </span>challenging<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> nor </span>fun.</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="99" id="2081" style="width: 91px; height: 61px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/2081_20e67183be098ce037707211038f418c.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>Not </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>just one <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">but </span>all<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> </span>four of the children raised their hands.</span></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong><img height="107" id="1192" style="width: 100px; height: 71px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1192_e79459947a477c3e70b5266af34e063c.png">&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><font face="arial">We're <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">not only </span>going to the mountains <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">but</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">also</span> the sea.<!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--></font></span></strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="101" id="2077" style="width: 89px; height: 87px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/2077_f99780d54602b7bd25210be011794fc4.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>I don't know <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">whether </span>to have chocolate <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">or </span>vanilla.</span></span></strong></span></span></span><br></p></html>


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