| 词组 | putting things together and but or |
| 释义 | Contents overview putting things together : and , but , or226 putting things together: and, but, or1andAnd can join two or more grammatically similar expressions, from single words up to complete clauses.bread and cheesethe Prime Minister and his cabinetYou need to go home and have a good rest.Her English is good and her Japanese is not bad.With more than two expressions, we generally only put and before the last.We drank, talked and danced.He started as a cleaner, he worked his way up, and now he runs the company.And is sometimes left out in a very literary or poetic style, but this is unusual.My dreams are full of darkness, despair, death.In expressions joined by and, repeated words are often left out.We need a saw, (a) hammer and (a) screwdriver.She's worked in China, (in) Thailand and (in) Brazil.For details, 276.For and with adjectives, 185.For rules about the use of commas, 296. For singular and plural verbs after subjects with and, 129.5.For and after try, wait, go, come, etc, 99.2fixed expressions: bread and butter, hands and kneesSome common expressions with and have a fixed order which cannot be changed. The shortest expression often comes first.bread and butter (not butter and bread)hands and knees (not knees and hands)young and prettyblack and whitethunder and lightningcup and saucerknife and forkNote: and is usually pronounced /ənd/, not /ænd/ (315).3butBut can also join grammatically similar expressions.They were poor but happy.There were some chairs but no tables.Most often, but joins clauses.We wanted to stay but we simply didn't have time.The film started well, but then it went downhill.4orOr also joins grammatically similar expressions.Would you like tea or coffee?We can meet today or wait till Thursday.After a negative verb, we use or, not and.He doesn't smoke or drink. (not He doesn't smoke and drink.)But or does not join negative adjectives or adverbs. Compare:We were not comfortable or happy.We were uncomfortable and unhappy. (not … uncomfortable or unhappy.)Previous Next |
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