connecting words for comparison and contrast
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Connecting Words that signal comparison or
contrast.
Animals are stupid.
I think elephants are okay.
Words that signal a contrast or comparison.
Similarities• Both• Also• Too• As well
Differences• But• Though• Although• However• Unlike• While• On the other hand
But
Animals are stupid, but I think
elephants are okay.
ThoughA) Though animals are stupid, I
think elephants are okay.
B) Animals are stupid, though I think elephants are okay.
C) Animals are stupid. I think elephants are okay though.
AlthoughA) Although animals are stupid, I think elephants
are okay.
B) Animals are stupid, although I think elephants
are okay.
HoweverA) Animals are stupid.
However, I think elephants are okay.
B) Animals are stupid. I think elephants, however, are okay.
C) Animals are stupid. I (do) think elephants are okay,
however.
Unlike
Unlike all other animals, (which are stupid,)
I think elephants are okay.
If I didn't include "all other", it would imply that elephants are not animals.
WhileA) While all other animals
need wings to fly, elephants can fly by using
their big ears.
B) All other animals need wings to fly, while
elephants can fly by using their big ears.
On the other handA) Animals need wings to fly, and
so as most animals don't have wings, they suffer long boring
somewhat stationary lives. On the the other hand, they don't need
language to communicate among themselves, so their lives are a lot simpler, and often more relaxed and enjoyable, in that aspect.
On the other handB) Most animals need wings to fly, and so as most animals don't have
wings, they suffer long boring somewhat stationary lives.
Elephants, on the other hand, are able to fly by using their big ears, which may look stupid, but is still
better than being stupid.
BothA) Both Coca Cola and tequila are very good.B) Coca Cola and tequila both are very good.C) Coca Cola and tequila are both very good.
D) Both are good.E) I like both Coca Cola and tequila.F) I like Coca Cola and tequila both.
G) I like both (of them).H) I like them both.
AlsoA) I like Coca Cola. Also, I like
tequila.
B) I like Coca Cola. I also like tequila.
C) I like Coca Cola. I like tequila also.
TooA) I like Coca Cola. I like tequila, too.
(I like both things.)
Bob: I love Coca ColaB) Gertrudis: I love Coca Cola too.C) Gertrudis: I, too, love Coca Cola.
(Gerty agrees with Bob)
As well
I like Coca Cola. I like tequila as well.
I like _____ Coca Cola and tequila, a lot, _____ I never mix them into one drink. _____ I drink Coca Cola for its refreshingly divine sparkling flavor, I only enjoy tequila for the warm happy effect it
brings. Tequila is very good for that, _____ it must be drunk straight, and quickly _____. Its smell
and taste are nauseating. Get it all down as soon as you can so you can carry on enjoying finer
things, like Coca Cola. _____, people argue that that's the reason you put Coke or Squirt with it, to make the flavor more tolerable. I don't see it that
way, _____. When you mix in tequila, you're totally ruining the pristine flavor of a cold
delicious Coca Cola. You're _____ prolonging that sickening flavor that, _____ diluted, is lessening
the happy effect of the tequila _____.
I like both Coca Cola and tequila, a lot, though I never mix them into one drink. While I drink Coca Cola for its refreshingly divine sparkling flavor, I only enjoy tequila for the warm happy
effect it brings. Tequila is very good for that, but it must be drunk straight, and quickly too. Its
smell and taste are nauseating. Get it all down as soon as you can so you can carry on enjoying finer things, like Coca Cola. On the other hand,
people argue that that's the reason you put Coke or Squirt with it, to make the flavor more
tolerable. I don't see it that way, however. When you mix in tequila, you're totally ruining the pristine flavor of a cold delicious Coca Cola.
You're also prolonging that sickening flavor that, although diluted, is lessening the happy effect of
the tequila as well.