Some More Joining Into a Compound Sentence
(a) Ram is a student of this school. Rahim is also a student of this school.
[= Ram and Rahim are the students of this school.]
(b) The boy is intelligent. He stood first in the examination.
[= The boy is intelligent and he stood first in the examination.]
(c) The girl is intelligent. She failed in the examination.
[= The girl is intelligent but she failed in the examination.]
(d) You may accept the offer. You may refuse it.
[ = You may accept the offer or refuse it. / You may either accept the offer or refuse it. ]
(e) I did not know anything of it. My brother also did not know anything of it.
[ = Neither my brother nor I know anything of it.]
(f) You may turn to the left. You may turn to the right.
[ = You may turn either to the left or to the right.]
(g) John may come here. Mary may come here. But both of them will not come here at the same time.
[ = Either John or Mary may come here. ]
N.B. = Either .... or, Neither .... nor are placed just before the alternatives.
(h) He was found guilty. He was hanged.
[ = He was found guilty: so / therefore he was hanged. ]
(i) He stood first in the examination. He had been ill before.
[= He had been ill before the examination : yet he stood first in it. ]
