He tried hard, but he failed [a]
Although he tried hard, he failed
He tried hard, yet he failed [c]
He tried hard, but yet he failed [d]
The concessive-result relationship is the same for [a], and , [c], [d]? I don't have [d] arrived at intuitively. The 'but yet' in [d] is a double conjuntion, which has a very similar force to but in [c]?
Anonymous The 'but yet' in [d] is a double conjunction, which has a very similar force to but in [c]? It is stronger; it is emphatic.
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Anonymous The 'but yet' in [d] is a double conjunction, which has a very similar force to but in [c]?
It is stronger; it is emphatic.