Error CS0019_Operator '&' cannot be applied to operands of type 'string' and 'string'

Question

Hov do i fix this i am a beginner please help.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace VB2
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("Hello " & txtName2.Text,
                        "Hello " & txtName2.Text);
        }

        private void btnOK_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            txtName2.Text = "Hello " & txtName2.Text;
        }

        private void btnExit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

        }
    }
}

Answer 1

In C# use '+' instead of '&'.

Answer 2

Hello dds124,

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Neil Hu

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