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Jesusengland Posted 18 years ago
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Yet he was not afraid / He was not afraid yet

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00- He was only a boy then, yet he was not afraid.02br
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00- He was only a boy then, he was not afraid yet.02br
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0- He was only a boy then, yet he was not afraid. 01b 00[However,02b 00 he wan't afraid even then. 02br 02br 00- He was only a boy then, he was not afraid yet.

— Marius Hancu

  • 0- He was only a boy then, yet he was not afraid.
  • 01b 00[However,02b 00 he wan't afraid even then.
  • 02br 02br 00- He was only a boy then, he was not afraid yet.
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0- He was only a boy then, yet he was not afraid. 01b00[However,02b00 he wan't afraid even then. 02br
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00- He was only a boy then, he was not afraid yet. 01b00[He was not afraid02b00 at that point in time, he became afraid 01b00later on 02b00...0-
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0 In your first sentence, the word 'yet' is a 01u00conjunction02u00 meaning 'and despite this'.02br
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00 In your second sentence, the word 'yet' is an 01u00adverb02u00 meaning 'up to that time' or 'so far'. As Marius pointed out, it suggests that he became afraid when he got older.02br
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00 The second se
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01cite10Jesusengland12cite10the same meaning?12blockquote
10No. Without realizing it, you've come up with a funny example.02br
00He was only a boy then; [yet / however / even so / in spite of being so young], he was not afraid.02br
00He was only a boy then; he was not afraid [yet / up to that
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