When
you have two clauses in an English sentence, you must connect the two clauses
correctly. One way to connect two clauses is to use and, but, or,
or so between the clauses.
Tom
is singing, and paul is dancing.
Tom
is tall, but paul is short.
Tom
told a joke, so paul laughed.
Tom
must write the letter, or Paul will
do it.
In
each of these examples, there are two clauses that are correctly joined. In the
first example the clauses Tom is singing
and Paul is dancing are joined with the connector and.
In the second example, the two clauses Tom is tall, but Pauls is short are joined with the connector but. In the third example, the two clauses Tom must write the letter, or Paul will do it are joined with the connector or.
In the second example, the two clauses Tom is tall, but Pauls is short are joined with the connector but. In the third example, the two clauses Tom must write the letter, or Paul will do it are joined with the connector or.
The
following example shows how this sentence pattern could be tested in the
structure section of the TOEFL.
A
power failure occured, .... the lamp went out.
(A) then
(B) so
(C) later
(D) next
In
this example, you should notice quickly that there are two clauses: a power failure occured and the lamp went
out. What this sentence needs is a connector to join the two clauses. Then, later, and next are not connector, so answer (A), (C), and (D) are not
correct. The best answer is answer (B) because so can connect the two clauses.
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