2019-04-17 Grammar: f.a.n.b.o.y.s., parallelism

Greg Malivuk
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Homework to start in class: p. 188 exercise 2 - Choose correct connectors for the passage. (Sometimes more than one answer is correct.)
1 on the other hand
2 However
3 Moreover (this is additional support for the same idea, not a consequence or conclusion)
4 As a result
5 and					/ so
6 under such circumstances	/ [nothing]
7 Even though			/ [nothing]
8 [no connector]			/ but
9 however
10 In addition
11 However
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p. 189 exercise 3 - Complete sentences 7 through 12 with true information from exercise 2.
7 Canada has an official policy of bilingualism. The United States, however, has a movement to make English the only official language.
			The US, however, has no official national language policy.
8 Canada has an official policy of bilingualism. Consequently, all students study both languages in school.
9 As a result of Canada’s official policy of bilingualism, all students study both languages in school.
10 Canada’s French-speaking minority is concentrated in a particular part of the country. Consequently, French speakers are a majority there.
11 Canada’s French-speaking minority is concentrated in a particular part of the country. Nevertheless, government business in the whole country is conducted in both languages.
12 Since all government business is conducted in both languages, French speakers are never required to provide their own translators in such places as government offices.
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Coordinating Conjunctions for Parallel Forms

You can remember all the coordinating conjunctions with “f.a.n.b.o.y.s.”:
	for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

The ones in the “middle” (a.n.b.o.y.) can be used between any parallel structues, not just complete clauses.
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Homework: p. 191 exercise 4 - Circle the coordinating conjunctions and underline the elements they connect.