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Rh sentences which are to be added to what precedes, and correspond to the English and. They are:

et (the usual word) vĭr ĕt mŭlĭĕr a man and a woman.

-quĕ, always appended to a word. It couples more closely than ĕt : vĭr mŭlĭerquĕ a man and a woman too.

atquĕ (āc only before consonants) emphasise the second member : vĭr atquĕ mŭlĭĕr a man and a woman besides.

§ 350. Both. . and is expressed by '''ĕt. . ĕt.''' Sometimes qŭe. . . ĕt (or -quĕ . . . -quĕ) are used to couple words, and ĕt. . . -qĕe to couple sentences.

In coupling several words, it is usual to omit the conjunction with all or to insert it with all. But -quĕ is sometimes used with the last word like and in English.

§351. Conjunctions introduce some word or sentence which is to be distinguished from what precedes.

They correspond to the English or. aut is used where it is important to insist on the difference; vĕl and -vĕ (always appended to a word) are used where it is not important to insist on the difference; sīvĕ (or seu, only used before consonants) is used chiefly to correct what has preceded, and is generally followed by pŏtĭŭs. Either ... or is expressed by doubling the conjunctions : aut. . . aut, vĕl. . . vĕl, (in poetry -vĕ . . -vĕ), sīvĕ (seu). . . sīvĕ (seu).

In poetry aut, vel, -vĕ, are used with little difference. § 352. Conjunctions introduce something opposed to what precedes:

{a) Opposition is ordinarily marked by sĕd (sĕt): nōn hŏmŏ sĕd fĕră not a man but a beast. cētĕrum is similar, and 'vērum (lit. in point of fact), which is somewhat stronger.

(b) Emphatic opposition is marked by ăt: multum