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To vary the language at that place are alternatives like similarly (dessuten/dessutan) and in addition (i tillegg) She is a good enough car mechanic. Besides, she is a very(prenominal) nice psyche. barely It was effusive down, but we managed to finish our work. However is a good alternative for but His friend, however, didnt like it at completely. We brush aside also use expressions like yet, still, however (likevel) to vary our language It was pouring down, still/nevertheless we managed to finish our work. or Would you like to do it now or would you rather keep back?The following expressions are often used ither or (enten eller / anten eller), whether or (enten eller / anten eller), n both nor (verken eller) He must either walk or use his bike. Whether you walk or use your bike is the same to me. so It was a long way to go, so we had to start off quite early. Therefore and consequently are linguistic process that could be used as alternatives. There are conjunct ions which introduce subordinate clauses (leddsetninger/leddsetningar).Here are some of the roughly common ones Time clauses when, while (mens), after, before, until/till, since, as soon as, as long as While e were having breakfast, the sun broke finished. Concessive clauses (innr?mmelse/ vedg?ing) though/although/even though/even if (selv om / sJ?lv 0m), whatever (hva enn / kva enn), no matter who/what/when/how (uansett hvem, hva, n?r, hvordan / uansett kven, kva, n?r, korleis) We tried once more, even though we knew it wouldnt work. Whatever you do, please dont take me hereComparative clauses (sammenlignende/samanliknande) than (enn), as as He did overmuch better than me, even though I did as well as I could. Conditional clauses (betingelse/vilk?r) if, unless (med mindre), provided (that) (forutsatt at / f?resett at), as long as Ill go if you go This wont work unless you get more help. Causal clauses (?rsak) because, since, as He wouldnt listen to me, because he was so angr y. Since/As he was so angry, he wouldnt listen to me. Using Relative Pronouns Relative pronouns (who, which, that) are used to combine sentences I bemuse two good friends.They will come to me tomorrow. I have two good friends, who will come to me tomorrow. carry on is a nice sport. Everybody can do this sport. Jogging is a nice sport, which everybody can do. Combining sentences with relative pronouns is more common in written incline than in spoken English. Using Ing-torms The ing-form of the verb can be used to make the language more change and often better. escort at the two sentences She was walking through the of import street and She met two good friends.They can be combined by using a conjunction While she was walking through the main street, she met two good friends. But you can also use an ng-form and shorten the sentence walkway through the main street, she met two good friends. NB When you use an ing-form like this, the subject of the two separate must be the same . Another example Standing in front of me, she could see the stage much better. An ing-form can be used to replace a defining (n?dvendig) relative clause Did you talk to the person who passed you? Did you talk to the person passing you?Using Infinitive Constructions Infinitive constructions can be used to make sentences flow better. Look at the ollowing examples where that, when, where, how, what sentences are replaced by infinitive constructions I was glad that I could leave I was glad to leave. She was no-count when she heard about the accident She was sorry to hear about the accident. We found out where we could leave our baggage We found out where to leave our luggage. He knew how he would get to the place He knew how to get to the place. Do you understand what you have to do? Do you understand what to do? NB The subject in the main clause and the subordinate clause must be the same. Look at the following sentence My military chaplain told me what I should do. In sentence s where the indirect object (me) is the same as the subject of the subordinate clause (l), we can use an infinitive construction to improve our language My father told me what to do. Using Special Expressions There are rafts of words and expressions which can be used to bind sentences together and which can help us continue a special line of thought.Here are some which you may find useful to begin with/flrst of all for det f?rste in the first place secondly, thirdly for det andre, for det tredJe finally til slutt to sum up for ? runde av besides dessuten/dessutan turtnermore videre/vidare in addition i tillegg on the contrary tvert i mot on the one make it p? den ene siden / p? den eine sida on the other hand p? den andre siden / p? den andre sida because of this p? grunn av dette consequently derfor for this reason av denne grunn higher up all framfor alt first and foremost f?rst og fremst in spite of, despite til tross for / trass i yet, still, nevertheless lik evel