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liuchunsheng123456
07-26-2007, 05:20 AM
The audience shouted and threw things so the speaker got into his car and ran away .
The audience shouted or threw things so the speaker got into his car and ran away .
it seems to me that the sencond sentence is better ,could you tell me why ?
many thanks in advance .

Bridget
07-26-2007, 06:44 AM
The audience shouted and threw things so the speaker got into his car and ran away .
The audience shouted or threw things so the speaker got into his car and ran away .
it seems to me that the sencond sentence is better ,could you tell me why ?
many thanks in advance .


The first one implies all the members of audience both shouted and threw things. In the second, some shouted and others threw.

liuchunsheng123456
07-26-2007, 07:02 AM
thank you very much .