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| <span style="font-size:200%;">Asking questions using AND, BUT or SO</span>
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| During speech we often use linking words to keep the conversation going.
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| These serve the purpose of continuing the conversation on a specific topic or sometimes going back to information stated before.
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| Read the following conversation. What does Stan think about "unfriending" someone?
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| *''Stan: I ran into Sammy today. She´s really upset.''
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| *''Paty: Oh, yeah? '''And''' why´s that?''
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| *''Stan: Because I "unfriended" her.''
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| *''Paty: Oh, that´s awkward. How did she find out?''
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| *''Stan: I´m not sure, actually.''
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| *''Paty: Huh. '''So''' why did you "unfriend" her?''
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| *''Stan: Well, it was nothing personal. It´s just that every once in a while, you know, when i´m updating my profile, I´ll remove people - if we haven´t been in touch for some time.''
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| *''Paty: '''But''' you emailed her, right? I mean, you let her know?''
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| *''Stan: No. I didn´t think she´d be offended.''
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| *''Paty: '''So''' you just delete people you´re not in touch with?''
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| *''Stan: Yeah. It´s no big deal.''
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| '''Notice''' how Paty asks some questions to find out new information. ''"'''And''' why is that?"''
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| She asks other questions in he form of statements to check information or her understanding of what was said or done. ''"'''But''' you emailed her, right?"''
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| You can start question with '''And, But''' or '''So''' to link back to things the previous speaker said. It makes the conversation "flow".
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| *''A: She´s really upset.''
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| *''B: '''And''' why is that?''
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| Taking that in consideration you have to be very careful with the intonation of these, or you could confuse your partner.
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| {{#seo:
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| |title=English lesson: Ask questions with AND, BUT or SO
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| |keywords=and, but, so, link, questions, conversation, examples
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| |description=When speaking we use linking words to keep the conversation flowing. Use and, but or so when asking a question.
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| |og:image=http://polyglotclub.com/wiki/images/d/d6/English-linking-with-end-but-so.jpg
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| [[Category: English/Intermediate]] | | [[Category: English/Intermediate]] |
