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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

still/yet = in spite of ....

[ADV] You use still to emphasize that something remains the case or is true in spite of what you have just said.

[CONJ] You can use yet to introduce a fact which is rather surprising after the previous fact you have just mentioned.

Q ) The below is the title for a certain passage.
"Connected yet Detached in Virtuality"
This means computers are connected but detached in virtuality.
Can "stil" be replaced with "yet" in this case?
  

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You can't use still in place of yet here. She found a new job quite quickly; still, it will take a while for her to catch up all her bills. He has been warned that he will be fired if he doesn't improve his punctuality, yet he continues to come in twenty or thirty minutes late every day.

— Blue Jay

  • You can't use still in place of yet here.
  • She found a new job quite quickly; still, it will take a while for her to catch up all her bills.
  • He has been warned that he will be fired if he doesn't improve his punctuality, yet he continues to come in twenty or thirty minutes late every day.
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You can't use still in place of yet here.
She found a new job quite quickly; still, it will take a while for her to catch up all her bills.
He has been warned that he will be fired if he doesn't improve his punctuality, yet he continues to come in twenty or thirty minutes late every day.
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