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HiPlease tell me if even as is apt here.This situation only makes think of a doctor even as he the right cure for a dying patient lets him die.

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

The sentence is completely garbled.

Vsuresh · Answer

AlpheccaStarsThe sentence is completely garbled.

I understand. Thank you

Please tell me how this sounds:

He let him die even as he knew the medicine that would save him.

Fivejedjon · Answer

You may mean something like this: "This situation reminds me of that of a doctor who, even if s/he has the right cure for a dying patient, allows the patient to die".

Vsuresh · Answer

fivejedjonYou may mean something like this: "This situation reminds me of that of a doctor who, even if s/he has the right cure for a dying patient, allows the patient to die".

Very much. Thank you fivejedjon.

I am trying to construct sentences with even as

I think even as is OK here.
Even as the election results were read out the festivities began.

All the same,I was thinking if 'even as' could be used to mean in spite of as well.

AlpheccaStars · Answer

He would let him die even if he knew of a medicine that would save him. (Hypothetical)

He let him die even though he knew the medicine that would save him. (Past, real situation)

Vsuresh · Answer

Thank you, AlpheccaStars.

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