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Some typical fixed prepositional phrases functioning as sentence linkers are:
at least, as
a result, after a while, in addition, in contrast, in the next place, on
the
other hand, for example, for instance
.
Coordinate connectors can established different semantic relations between
clauses. Coordinate sentence linkers can be grouped in the following way:
1. Copulative, connecting two members and their meanings, the second
member indicating an addition of equal importance, or, on the other hand, an
advance in time and space, or an intensification, often coming in pairs, then called
correlatives:
and
;
both... and; equally... and; alike... and; at once... and; not... nor
for
neither,
or
and neither); not (or never)... not
(or
nor)... either; neither... nor
,
etc.
2. Disjunctive, connecting two members but disconnecting their meaning,
the meaning in the second member excluding that in the first:
or,
and in questions
whether... or
with the force of simple
or
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