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Ali234 Posted 20 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

yet another

what's the role of 'yet' in this sentence:

John has posed yet another paradox as a challenge to those physicists who claim that they are realists.



cheers, Ali
  

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I'd say it's an adverb modfiying the adjective another .

— Mister Micawber

  • I'd say it's an adverb modfiying the adjective another .
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I'd say it's an adverb modfiying the adjective another.
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but what does it differ if we omit it? what is its meaning here? couldn't we carry out the same meaning without it?
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It is rare or impossible to find a word in a correctly formed sentence that would not change the meaning of the sentence, at least subtly, by its omission.

Here, yet = besides; in addition: returned for yet another helping.

This kind of definition can be found in most dictionaries, Ali. I suggest that you try an online source such as [url=
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ok Mister, I try, but don't promise!Emotion: smile. any way, thanks very much that youreturned for yet another helping!!
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