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Sarunnio Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Respectively

Dear Teachers,

I gave my presents to John and Jane, respectively.

From the sentence above, is there any other adverb that I can use interchangeably instead of "respectively"?

Thanks in advance.
  

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First I gave a present to John, then to Jane. "Respectively" is more often used when matching items in a sentence.

— Vorpar

  • First I gave a present to John, then to Jane.
  • "Respectively" is more often used when matching items in a sentence.
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First I gave a present to John, then to Jane.

"Respectively" is more often used when matching items in a sentence.
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A proper use of "respectively" would be:

1. I gave Jane and John a lift and a beer respectively.

This means you gave Jane a lift, and John a beer.

Best wishes,

MrP
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