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navi
2024-09-12 07:06:20 UTC
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Are these sentences correct:

1) She hates her mother but still she is taking care of her.
2) She hates her mother but she is still taking care of her.
3) She hates her mother but she is taking care of her still.

4) She hates her mother but yet she is taking care of her.
5) She hates her mother but she is taking care of her yet.

In these sentences, 'still' and yet are supposed to mean 'even so'.

I don't think '5' works and I am not sure that in '2' 'still' doesn't
only have a temporal meaning.

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Navi


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Peter Moylan
2024-09-12 07:34:47 UTC
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Post by navi
1) She hates her mother but still she is taking care of her.
2) She hates her mother but she is still taking care of her.
3) She hates her mother but she is taking care of her still.
4) She hates her mother but yet she is taking care of her.
5) She hates her mother but she is taking care of her yet.
In these sentences, 'still' and yet are supposed to mean 'even so'.
I don't think '5' works and I am not sure that in '2' 'still' doesn't
only have a temporal meaning.
They all work but the meanings aren't all the same.

"Still" and "yet" mean "even so" in (1) and (4). They have the temporal
meaning in (3) and (5). They could have either meaning in (2).
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Ruud Harmsen
2024-09-12 09:22:00 UTC
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Post by navi
1) She hates her mother but still she is taking care of her.
2) She hates her mother but she is still taking care of her.
The meaning of "still" changes by position. In 1) it means anyway,
yet, nevertheless. In 2) it means continued in time.
Post by navi
3) She hates her mother but she is taking care of her still.
4) She hates her mother but yet she is taking care of her.
5) She hates her mother but she is taking care of her yet.
In these sentences, 'still' and yet are supposed to mean 'even so'.
Yes. Like in sentence 1).
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I don't think '5' works and I am not sure that in '2' 'still' doesn't
only have a temporal meaning.
5) sounds strange, and 2) is more temporal than 1).

Caveat: I am not a native speaker. But I started learning at age 10
and I am now 69.

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