Today, I’d like to write about the term “on the other hand”. We use it when we want to talk about something which goes against something that has already been said. Let me give you some ways to use it in sentences.
Peter is very talented. On the other hand, he’s also very lazy.
A: Rebecca said you were late today.
B: I was only two minutes late. She, on the other hand, has been ten minutes late three times this week.
This house is quite expensive for me now. On the other hand, it would be a good investment for the future.
I don’t like American movies so much. American TV shows, on the other hand, are very interesting.
We can use this term in grammatically positive and negative sentences, but it’s not used in questions.
As you can see from my examples, “on the other hand” is used in a second sentence and is used to contradict something in the first sentence.
It can be placed at the beginning of the second sentence or in the middle. It it’s in the middle, there must be commas around it.
This term can be used in both business situations and daily conversations.
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