Inglês da Professora Denise Mardegan

We use words called  conjunctions , like  and ,  or ,  but ,  because  and  although,  to join two parts of sentences. Conjunctions can be used to give more information, give alternatives, give reasons, give results or give unexpected information. We use  and,   or  and  but  to connect two parts of sentences which are similar in grammatical status. Do you want chocolate, strawberry  or  vanilla?  (joining words) Amy's dad is taking us on Saturday morning,  and  he's offered to bring us home again on Sunday.  (joining clauses) We use  and    for adding information,  or  for giving alternatives and  but  for unexpected or different information.   I'm OK for food, dance    and    music,  and  I'm having a wonderful time. There's a reggae band from Jamaica  or  a Russian electro-pop group on the ...

However   and   although   are two English words that both loosely mean “but”. Unfortunately, knowing exactly when you should use   however  vs   although  is something that most native English speakers would struggle to explain. The main difference between these two words is that  however  can stand by itself at the beginning of a sentence, with a comma after it.  Although  can’t do this. The words also have slightly different meanings: Although  means “in spite of the fact that…”. However  means “but”. The actual rules about whether to use  however  or  although  are quite complicated, but there is an easy rule that works in almost all situations.  See if you can figure out what it is. Although the weather was cold, we decided not to wear our jackets. We decided not to wear our jackets. However, the weather was cold. We decided not to wear our jackets. Although, it was ra...