2015-12-14 Grammar: conjunctions/implied meaning

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: Read p. 192 and do p. 193 exercise 5
1 Jeff likes cleaning, but Matt doesn’t.
2 Jeff may go home for a visit or travel to France on his vacation.
3 Neither Matt nor Jeff plan to return to their hometowns. (Neither of them plan…)
  Matt and Jeff don’t plan to return to their hometowns.
  Matt doesn’t plan to return to this hometown, and neither does Jeff. / and Jeff doesn’t either.
4 Jeff likes getting up early, but Matt doesn’t.
5 Both Jeff and Matt always wanted to have a dog.
  Jeff always wanted to have a dog, and Matt did too. / and so did Matt.
6 Either Matt or Jeff might take the dog to the park.
7 Matt likes dancing and meeting friends at nightclubs.
8 Matt and Jeff both come from small towns, Jeff from Wisconsin and Matt from Kansas.
  Matt comes from a small town in Kansas, and Jeff comes from one in Wisconsin.
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I brought the food and Matt (brought) the drinks.
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p. 198 activity 3 - Try to explain the differences in meaning between the sentences.
(In particular, decide if “Indian food is spicy” is good or bad, and decide if there is a causal connection between the two clauses.)
1 a - spiciness is good, but not exactly connected to my loving it
  b - spiciness is bad, but not bad enough for me to dislike Indian food
  c - spiciness is good, and it’s the reason why I love Indian food
2 a - spiciness is bad, but not bad enough for me to dislike Indian food
  b - spiciness is bad, and maybe sometimes a little too spicy for me
3 a - spiciness is good, and also I love Indian food (but not a logical connection between them)
  b - spiciness is good, and it’s the reason why I love Indian food
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When we start a sentence with “not only” (or other negative adverbs), we invert the order of the subject and verb.

Not only is Indian food spicy, but… / Indian food is not only spicy, but...
Rarely do I watch television. / I rarely watch television.
Never have I seen a movie this bad. / I have never seen a movie this bad.
Only after you pass the test can you change level. / You can change level only after you pass the test.