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Message from sikandari36 posted on 07-08-2013 at 18:19:25 (D | E | F)
Hello,

can someone help me with these sentences please?,
I read it somewhere in an exam when I had 2 options although and yet , but don't know why it marked although wrong.
Yet human activities are making the planet less fit to live on.
Why is yet is used at the ~~starting~~ beginning of the sentence?
Thanks in advance for helping .

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Edited by lucile83 on 07-08-2013 18:36

Re: Although/ Yet from lemagemasque, posted on 07-08-2013 at 19:14:31 (D | E)
Hello!

"'Yet' is... is... What is 'yet'?"
"Er... Well... I don't know... The beginning of the word 'yeti', maybe?"
"No, it's a conjunction here."
" ...But I thought it was an adverb..."
"It is but it's also a conjunction."
"Then, what does it mean?"
"'Yet', as a conjunction, has exactly the same meaning as 'however'."
"Okay. What about 'although'?"
"'Although' is used to introduce a subordinate clause, so it needs a main clause: 'Although human activities are making the planet less fit to live on, it is not okay yet."
"Okay, thanks."
"You're welcome!'

Re: Although/ Yet from violet91, posted on 08-08-2013 at 00:54:00 (D | E)
Hello ,

When you come across the word ' yet ' , the teacher tells you it is an equivalent for ' but ´ . If you know more , he/she will teach you a few more words which mean the same : however , nevertheless , and ( rather rare in this meaning ) ...used in the beginning of a clause .
- This boy reads a lot , yet, his spelling is quite bad . ( reading many books doesn't help his spelling : surprising) .
Then you learn, you also have a word which can close the clause ( meaning yet- however- ...) : though .
- This boy reads a lot ; his spelling is quite bad, though .

And finally , the teacher will explain how to use a ' conjunction' which expresses concession : although ( no comma) + the full clause .
Although this boy reads a lot ( is a good reader and even a bookworm ), he is still quite bad at spelling . ( Reading doesn't help him ).

Hope this helps . Bye.

Re: Although/ Yet from sikandari36, posted on 08-08-2013 at 12:26:46 (D | E)
Hi , thanks a lot for the help.

Re: Although/ Yet from lemagemasque, posted on 08-08-2013 at 14:37:53 (D | E)
You're welcome!

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