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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Conjunctive Adverbs

I've read that when you seperate to independent clauses with a conjunctive adverb(adjunct?) such as however, one must you a semicolon directly preceding the conjunctive adverb followed by a comma after the conjunctive adverb. However, I've seen people write ", however," - comma however comma - between two clauses. When are the two constructions appropiate?
  

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Hi, In careful English, 'however' is not a conjunction . So, write eg He loved her; however, she died. eg He loved her.

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  • Hi, In careful English, 'however' is not a conjunction .
  • So, write eg He loved her; however, she died.
  • eg He loved her.
  • However, she died.
  • There's nothing wrong with using a period here.
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Hi,

In careful English, 'however' is not a conjunction .
So, write
eg He loved her; however, she died.
eg He loved her. However, she died.
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