📗 Básico
Conjunções
and, but, or, so, because — ligar as ideias.
🔑 A grande sacada
Conjunções juntam duas ideias numa frase só. As cinco essenciais: and, but, or, so, because.
// as cinco essenciais
| conj. | pra quê | exemplo |
|---|---|---|
| and | adiciona | tea and coffee |
| but | contrasta | cheap but good |
| or | alternativa | tea or coffee? |
| so | consequência | tired, so I slept |
| because | causa | slept because… |
💡 So x Because
Mesmo fato, ordem invertida: I was tired, so I slept. (causa → resultado) = I slept because I was tired. (resultado → causa)
⚠️ Erros comuns do brasileiro
✗ I stayed home because of I was sick.
✓ …because I was sick. (because + frase; because of + substantivo)
✗ Because I was tired. (frase solta)
✓ I slept because I was tired. (precisa da outra metade)