Linking words show the logical relationship between sentences or parts of a sentence.
| | |Steve and his friends are coming to dinner. |
|1. Positive Addition |And is used to connect words or phrases. And may be |He is waving his arms and shouting at us. |
| |used to connect two independent clauses. |It was raining hard, and there was a strong wind. |
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|and (и, а) | | |
| | |Both my mother and my sister are here. |
|2. |We use both , neither, either when we are talking |Both restaurants are very good. |
| |about two things. |Neither restaurant is expensive. |
|both... and (как... так и) | |We can go to either restaurant. |
|either.....or (или....или) |Two subjects connected by both.....and take a plural|The research project will take both time and |
|both/either/neither +of |verb. Both + noun + and + noun. |money. |
|(тот или другой, один из двух, | |Either John or his friends are going to the beach |
|любой из двух) |Do not use both /both...and... in negative |today. |
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