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Austin M Lan Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

AS and Though sentence

Good afternoon everyone;

"When Tommy first moved to London he was very lonely. But as he made friends, though, he enjoyed the city more and more."

This is a sentence from the Japanese English test EIKEN level 2. I was asked by my teachers to explain the "AS" and "THOUGH" in the sentence because it the placement and simultanious usage in one sentence threw them, and me for a grammatical loop.

I eaplained that the "AS" was an adverb because it added to "MAKE FRIENDS" and the the "THOUGH" was acting as a conjunction & adverb.

Is my explination good? Is this even a grammaticly correct sentsnce to brgin with? Please help and give me any advice you can.

Thanks;

Austin
  

Top answer

It is 'but' and 'though' that cause the problem: they have the same meaning here. It should read like one of these: But as he made friends, he enjoyed the city more and more. As he made friends, though, he enjoyed the city more and more .

— Mister Micawber

  • It is 'but' and 'though' that cause the problem: they have the same meaning here.
  • It should read like one of these: But as he made friends, he enjoyed the city more and more.
  • As he made friends, though, he enjoyed the city more and more .
  • 'As' is a subordinating conjunction meaning 'at the same time that'.
  • 'Though' means 'however', and it is an adverb modifying the sentence.
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It is 'but' and 'though' that cause the problem: they have the same meaning here. It should read like one of these:

But as he made friends, he enjoyed the city more and more.
As he made friends, though, he enjoyed the city more and more.

'As' is a subordinating conjunction meaning 'at the same time that'.
'Though' means 'however', and
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