Compound sentences with but

1. Compound Sentences with But Level 03 Ahsan Qazi University of Ha’il

2. What is a compound sentence? A compound sentence is a sentence that has two complete ideas. Two complete ideas are known as clauses that are usually connected by the words like AND , BUT or SO. For example: I tried to speak Arabic. My friend tried to speak Spanish. Connect the sentence with AND : I tried to speak Arabic, and my friend tried to speak Spanish. For example: John knows how to play football. Abdullah knows how to play tennis. Connect the sentence with BUT : John knows how to play football, but Abdullah knows how to play tennis. For example: Ferrari is a sports cars. It is very fast car. Connect the sentence using SO : Ferrari is a sports car, so it is a very fast car. Compound Sentence

3. One of the common words used to connect two sentences (two ideas) is the word But. But shows a contrast, meaning it shows a difference between two ideas. For example: I have a red car. My friend Ali has a blue car. You can use but to connect both sentences and show a difference in two ideas. You can say: I have a red car, but Ali has a blue car Whenever you have two different ideas, and you are connecting those ideas with a comma. For example: Hani has a broken car. Akram has a new car. Hani has a broken car, but Akram has a new car. Compound Sentences with But

4. More examples: Ali has a Play Station 3. Tim has an X-box. Ali has a Play Station 3, but Tim has an X-box I bought an iPhone. He bought an i -Pad. I bought an i -Phone, but he bought an i -Pad. I visited few countries. John visited many counties. I visited few countries, but John visited many counties . SUB VERB SUB VERB I love Ice cream. I only like few flavors. I love Ice cream, but I only like few flavors. You must always remember to put comma before But Compound Sentences using But

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6. Sometimes but is not a connector. It does not connect two sentences. But is used sometimes in a sentence because it has different meaning. But means except. For example: I have a Play Station 3 but controllers. MEANS Except = not including Keep this in Mind Example 1: I have all chocolates in the box but Kit Kat. You are saying that you carry all chocolate brands except Kit Kat. Example 2: I have cats but dog. This means you have cats as your pets except dogs. Example 3: My friend eats camel meat but chicken.