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.