How do you use and?
It is a conjunction that allows us to join similar things
Examples:
And:
• The children didn’t like the food and
didn’t like the desert.
• Mary doesn’t like Peter and Peter
doesn’t like her.
• We stayed home, cooked dinner and
watched a film.
Or:
• You can call me for help or you can
contact 911.
• She will order pizza or she will eat
outside.
• They couldn’t follow the guide nor
they couldn’t follow the map.
But:
• It’s too hot outside but I love it.
Perfect for sunbathing.
• My mother is already 50 but she looks
younger.
• She isn’t British but Scottish.
• Everything’s on sale but the furniture.
or add data to the main phrase. Its translation is very
simple: AND. When we use it to join two elements of
the sentence, as in the example of the previous
section, we place and in the middle of both
sentences. But, if we are going to connect more
How do you use or?
than two elements in the same sentence, they will
The first conjunction we learned -and-
be separated by commas and and will be placed
allowed us to add elements to a
next to the last one. That is, just like we do in
sentence. But if what you are interested
Spanish. Finally, a characteristic of the conjunction
in is listing two or more alternatives so
and is the following: if the subject of both sentences
that our interlocutor chooses one of
is the same, it is recommended to omit it in the
them, your conjunction is or. Despite its
second sentence or consecutive sentences.
similarity to and, it is important that you
know its differences. First of all, or can
only be used with affirmative sentences,
The use of: and, because for negative ones we will
change the conjunction to nor. In
or, but. addition, when we join two sentences
together, the subject of both does not
disappear in the second, even if they
How do you use but? coincide. However, it is usually omitted
Surely this conjunction sounds familiar to you, but you together with the verb, if the two
may not know what it means. Because if your answer coincide with those of the first sentence.
is but, I'm sorry to tell you that you only got 33.3% of
the question right. Surprised? Puzzled? It is normal;
after all, that is the most common and habitual use of
this conjunction, since it allows us to contrast two
sentences with each other. However, when what
appears after but is not a phrase, but a noun, an
adjective or an adverb, we will discover that its
translation varies significantly. For example, but
becomes minus or except if the first part of the
construction is an affirmative sentence. When it goes
negative, then we will translate it as if not