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Guest Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
First of all
hi there, ineed some help i need to know if writing firts of all in a sentence without a second is that posible and also "just as" with now explicit "so also" ( protasis without an apodosis)
thanks very much for the help
thanks very much for the help
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Hello Guest 'First of all' can be used without a 'Second' if a following passage has the sense of 'Then', 'Next', 'Later', etc. 'First of all I took off my hat. Then I took off my coat.
- Hello Guest 'First of all' can be used without a 'Second' if a following passage has the sense of 'Then', 'Next', 'Later', etc.
- 'First of all I took off my hat.
- Then I took off my coat.
- ' 'Just as' is possible with a merely implicit 'so also'.
- Instead of: 1.
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Hello Guest
'First of all' can be used without a 'Second' if a following passage has the sense of 'Then', 'Next', 'Later', etc.
'First of all I took off my hat. Then I took off my coat. Finally, I took off my jacket.'
'Just as' is possible with a merely implicit 'so also'. Instead of:
1. 'Like as the waves make to the pebbled shore, so do our moments hasten
'First of all' can be used without a 'Second' if a following passage has the sense of 'Then', 'Next', 'Later', etc.
'First of all I took off my hat. Then I took off my coat. Finally, I took off my jacket.'
'Just as' is possible with a merely implicit 'so also'. Instead of:
1. 'Like as the waves make to the pebbled shore, so do our moments hasten
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Hello!
Can't we use "first of all" in that kind of context:
"Good morning. As you already know, Mrs X. was found dead in her kitchen this morning. We have a lot of things to do, but first of all we need to check her husband's abili."
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Can't we use "first of all" in that kind of context:
"Good morning. As you already know, Mrs X. was found dead in her kitchen this morning. We have a lot of things to do, but first of all we need to check her husband's abili."
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Yes indeed; I suppose here the 'then/next' part is the 'lot of things to do'.
(Terrible news about Mrs X, by the way.)
MrP
(Terrible news about Mrs X, by the way.)
MrP
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I have reason to believe there's something fishy about her husband's abili, too.
MrP
I have reason to believe there's something fishy about her husband's abili, too.
MrP
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I know ALL=more than two, BOTH=two
But when I have only two points to make, can I still use FIRST OF ALL?
But when I have only two points to make, can I still use FIRST OF ALL?
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OttoJBut when I have only two points to make, can I still use FIRST OF ALL?Yes, it is common enough. In that phrase, 'of all' is an intensifier.
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