New stores and the performance of our
A spokesperson for the firm said: “We are constantly reviewing opportunities for new stores and the performance of our existing estate. We are planning to invest in four new stores this year and we are regrettably proposing to close four.
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The most important among the coordinating conjunctions are and, but and or. Let’s explore the uses of these three little words.
And
The conjunction and is used to suggest:
a) That one action follows another in the chronological order.
Jane sent in her applications and waited for a call from the HR office.
b) That one idea is the result of another
Rain began to fall and the creek rose rapidly.
And can also be used to suggest a kind of comment on something mentioned in the first clause.
James became addicted to drugs – and that was hardly surprising.
https://www.englishgrammar.org/conjunctions-4/
Please explain the use of the conjunction "and" in "constantly reviewing opportunities and the performance of our...
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This is really just dictionary stuff. We are constantly reviewing [ opportunities for new stores ] and [ the performance of our existing estate ]. The coordinator "and" is linking a coordination of the two bracketed noun phrases, which are telling us what is being constantly reviewed.
- This is really just dictionary stuff.
- We are constantly reviewing [ opportunities for new stores ] and [ the performance of our existing estate ].
- The coordinator "and" is linking a coordination of the two bracketed noun phrases, which are telling us what is being constantly reviewed.
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This is really just dictionary stuff.
We are constantly reviewing [opportunities for new stores] and [the performance of our existing estate].
The coordinator "and" is linking a coordination of the two bracketed noun phrases, which are telling us what is being constantly reviewed.
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