Nevertheless, nonetheless
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Otherwise
We must hurry up, or we'll miss the tram.
Either listen to me, orgo home.
Don't sit in a draught elseyou'll catch a cold.
Books must have pictures, otherwiseit's no use reading them.
3. Adversative coordination denotes that two ideas contradict each other.
Adversative connectors: 1) conjunctions: but, while whereas
2) conjunctive adverbs: yet, still,
3) conjunctive particle: only
4) asyndetically
I was not hungry, butI ate much.
Mary is a dentist, while John is a musician.
There was an electric light, only Bill didn't know.
John wants to come with us, onlyhe can't.
He was angry, yethe smiled.
I wanted to go to the mountains,whereas the rest of us wanted to go to the beach.
It may rain before the game begins; nevertheless we're going.
Two or three scenes stood out vividly in his mind – all the rest became a blur.
4. Causative-consecutive coordination implies that one of the clauses contains a cause and the other – a consequence.
1) causative conjunction: for
2) asyndetically
3) consecutive conjunctive adverbs: so, therefore, hence,
consequently, accordingly, then, and
The days became longer, for it was now springtime.
I thought they were brother and sister, they were so much alike.
The dinner is ready, sogo and wash your hands.
I fell down the stairs; hence I didn't come to the lesson.
Pull at the rope, andthe door will open.
Mr Jones was asked to come, and accordingly he came.
The bank refused to help the company; consequently it went bankrupt.
NOTE: The difference between causative-consecutive coordination and causative subordination (see below) is that the connection is much looser in the former. A for-clause never precedes the clause it is joined to.
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