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Anon f8r Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Then
Is the word 'then' a conjunction? I see the following sample sentences in a dictionary.
Let me finish this job, then we'll go.
Give her the letter to read, then she'll understand.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/then_2
Let me finish this job, then we'll go.
Give her the letter to read, then she'll understand.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/then_2
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Hongkie Is the word 'then' a conjunction? Look at your dictionary again. It says then is an adverb.
- Hongkie Is the word 'then' a conjunction?
- Look at your dictionary again.
- It says then is an adverb.
- CB
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HongkieIs the word 'then' a conjunction?Look at your dictionary again. It says then is an adverb.
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I know it is an adverb but in the two examples, there are two clauses each but no conjunction there. Is that ok? I thought we need a conjunction in this case.
Please advise. Thank you.
Please advise. Thank you.
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HongkieI know it is an adverb but in the two examples, there are two clauses each but no conjunction there. Is that ok? I thought we need a conjunction in this case.Please advise. Thank you.Interesting. The Shorter Oxford calls conjunction "then" obsolete, it having died out in late Middle English. Still, it does not sound all that strange to me. I'd b
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Thanks a lot, enoon.
That means the word 'then' was used as a conjunction in the past, right?
I thnk the link is working now.
That means the word 'then' was used as a conjunction in the past, right?
I thnk the link is working now.
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HongkieThat means the word 'then' was used as a conjunction in the past, right?Right. But the examples at Cambridge do seem to be conjunctions and not adverbs. They sound wrong to me, by the way. I'd make two sentences out of each.
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It is a conjunctive adverb, which does not join the two clauses grammatically, but which describes the relation of the ideas in them.
Other words which may function as conjunctive adverbs include but, however, furthermore, hence, thus and next.
By the way, both sentences sound fine to me.
Other words which may function as conjunctive adverbs include but, however, furthermore, hence, thus and next.
By the way, both sentences sound fine to me.
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Blue JayIt is a conjunctive adverb, which does not join the two clauses grammatically, but which describes the relation of the ideas in them.Other words which may function as conjunctive adverbs include but, however, furthermore, hence, thus and next. By the way, both sentences sound fine to me.Are you saying that you would join two independent clauses with o
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But is a conjunction. I wasn't thinking when I put that in there.
I don't think I use them often; indeed, I cannot find one in my last fifty posts here. I usually write two separate sentences; however, I do not object to their use. I think a semi-colon might be called for though.
I don't think I use them often; indeed, I cannot find one in my last fifty posts here. I usually write two separate sentences; however, I do not object to their use. I think a semi-colon might be called for though.
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