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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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conjunctive adverbs

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00It is known to me that conjunctive adverbs which seem to connect two independent clauses can function as simple adverbs and appear parenthetically within a clause; and they also seem capable of being the first word of a sentence.02br
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00My knowledge is that an adverb tells what, why,how and what degree apects of a sentence and I have hard time seeing how any of these words fit in the previous definitional paradigm and tells what, why, how and what degree parts of a sentence (especially when it appears alone).02br
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00nonetheless, notwithstanding, otherwise, in any event, for example 0-
  

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02br 02br 00Are you saying that a sentence like the following is correct? 02b 02br 02br 00Or01b 00 Mary hated Tom. Nonethelss, she married him.

  • 02br 02br 00Are you saying that a sentence like the following is correct?
  • 02b 02br 02br 00Or01b 00 Mary hated Tom.
  • Nonethelss, she married him.
  • 02b 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive010id1
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01font00It is known to me that conjunctive adverbs which seem to connect two independent clauses can function as simple adverbs and appear parenthetically within a clause; and they also seem capable of being the first word of a sentence.02font02br
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10an adverb tells what, why,how and what degree apects of a sentence12blockquote
10 I don't think you've got this list right. I would not include 01i00what02i00. I would include 01i00when 02i00and01i00 where02i00.02br
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0Conjunctive adverbs, or simply "conjuncts", do exist, and are different from sentence adverbials.These conjuncts link sentences or paragraphs and usually appear at the beginning of a sentence.02br
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00The adverbials Anonymous mentioned in their first post, those that tell us something about the verb (why, when, where, how, what for, etc.) are adjuncts (as opposed to c

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