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Hkdaniel Posted 23 years ago
Grammar

"Problem of using "even" as a connector by itself

Example: Even students learn all school subjects in English, there is no guarantee that their Englishlanguage skills will improve.

I know that we should use Even though / Even if in this situation. But what's the problem of using "even" as a connector by itself? Why we should use even though / even if but not use the even as a connector by itself?

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Hi hkdaniel. " X needs to be a conjunction (connector as you say). "Even" is not a conjunction.

— Ryan smith

  • Hi hkdaniel.
  • " X needs to be a conjunction (connector as you say).
  • "Even" is not a conjunction.
  • "Even" can be a verb, a noun, an adjective, or an adverb but not a conjunction.
  • " "Even" can be used to strengthen "though", however, the result "even though" is still a conjunction.
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Hi hkdaniel.

In your sentence:

"X students learn all school subjects in English, there is no guarantee that their English language skills will improve."

X needs to be a conjunction (connector as you say).

"Even" is not a conjunction. "Even" can be a verb, a noun, an adjective, or an adverb but not a conjunction.

The basic conjunction that you need
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