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Conjunctions - Linkers - Connectors

The document discusses various terms used to connect ideas, qualify statements, and indicate relationships between clauses in English sentences. It provides examples of conjunctions like "and", "but", and "though" used to join two independent clauses. It also gives examples of contrastors like "although" and linkers like "moreover" that can qualify a statement or idea. Finally, it discusses the use of punctuation like periods, commas, colons, and semicolons in English sentences.

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Conjunctions - Linkers - Connectors

The document discusses various terms used to connect ideas, qualify statements, and indicate relationships between clauses in English sentences. It provides examples of conjunctions like "and", "but", and "though" used to join two independent clauses. It also gives examples of contrastors like "although" and linkers like "moreover" that can qualify a statement or idea. Finally, it discusses the use of punctuation like periods, commas, colons, and semicolons in English sentences.

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What I'm trying to say....

"What I mean"
Do you understand what I mean?"
"What do you want to say?" "What do you mean?" Adding:  And, besides that, furthermore (Final detail),
moreover (Final detail), besides...

Contrastors: But, however, although, even though, "though"


Conjunctions: (When it's formal, you manage it in the end), "on the other side, on
the other hand", Yet, despite the (Noun), despite the fact that,
Despite (Verb + ing)...

Linkers,
connectors
She is beautiful, she is arrogant though.
Conclusion: So, therefore, to sum up, summing up, as a
summary, above all...

Yet I didn't do my work, I need to finish it


Punctuation: She is beautiful, she is friendly... nice too. I end
up marrying her two weeks ago

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Whether - "If" (Conditions)
 They are deciding whether they close everything or keep opening the city...

 0° Clause:    Present Simple – Present Simple

 1° Clause (Future):    Present Simple – Will, to be going to, can, may, should

"If i have a million dollar, I will travel"


"If'"
 2° (Present) Past Simple – Would, could, might Punctuation:

.    Period
"If I had time, I would travel" ,    Comma
?   Question marker
!   Statement marker
 3°  (Past) Past Perfect – Would, could, might + Present Perfect :   Colon
;   Semi-Colon
-   Hyphen
"If I had had time – I would + have traveled"  ---   Dash
"If you had called me,                                          She is being rude /    Slash

 Crossed – Clause

 "If I had made my million dollar, I would be in Ireland now

 She hadn't called me, but thought of iit.  I would have picked up the phone...
Time tenses

Past – Simple      /Continuous       /Perfect/       Perfect continuous


             Did         Was/Were           Had             Had been     X+N'T (NOT)

Present – Simple/Continuous/Perfect/Perfect Continuous


                Do       am/is/are     Have          Have been  

Future – Simple/   Continuous/    Perfect


                  Will        Will be      Will have
 Subject + (Modal/Aux) + verb + (Predicate)
Hypothetical - –    Simple       /Continuous/    Perfect
                              Would

 Pode ser? - It can be. - (INT) Can it be?


Be + Verb (Ing)          -       Have + verb (Participle)

 Is it okay? - Yeah, it is okay/ That's okay.

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