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Rommel Posted 8 years ago
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I’ve correctly used ‘on the other hand’ and ‘meanwhile’ in my sentence, haven’t I?

I’ve correctly used ‘on the other hand’ and ‘meanwhile’ in my sentence, haven’t I?


Borris won first place in the Finnish category of songwriting. On the other hand, Malou placed second in the Swedish category of scriptwriting. Meanwhile, Jack was declared third placer in the Norwegian category of poetry writing.

  

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The pair of phrases, on the one hand, / on the other hand, introduce opposite sides of an argument or contrary opinions. For example: Borris won first place in the Finnish category of songwriting, which supports his claim as being the greatest Finish songwriter of the last five years. On the other hand, he finished a distant fifth place in an informal poll asking Fins to rank current songwriters.

  • The pair of phrases, on the one hand, / on the other hand, introduce opposite sides of an argument or contrary opinions.
  • For example: Borris won first place in the Finnish category of songwriting, which supports his claim as being the greatest Finish songwriter of the last five years.
  • On the other hand, he finished a distant fifth place in an informal poll asking Fins to rank current songwriters.
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The pair of phrases, on the one hand, / on the other hand, introduce opposite sides of an argument or contrary opinions.

For example:
Borris won first place in the Finnish category of songwriting, which supports his claim as being the greatest Finish songwriter of the last five years. On the other hand, he finished a distant fifth place in an informal poll asking Fins to ra

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