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135 months ago

thugette  See profile asked this question:

Language pair:

English > English

Subject:

General

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

place of "nevertheless" in this sentence

Context:

Which sentence is correct ?

"This choice nevertheless seems to be for me ..."
" This choice seems nevertheless to be for me..."

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134 months ago

giulianoscarpa  See my profile wrote:

For me, nevertheless, this choice seems to be ...

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134 months ago

giulianoscarpa  See profile wrote:

I would have preferred "to me" instead of "for me", but of course irt depends on how the sentence goes after that...

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135 months ago

giulianoscarpa  See my profile wrote:

Both ones are ok but the advanced (topicalized) position of the adverb is stronger than in the other version

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135 months ago

giulianoscarpa  See my profile wrote:

Nevrtheless, this choice seems to be, for me...

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134 months ago

giulianoscarpa  See profile wrote:

Agree

134 months ago

giulianoscarpa  See profile wrote:

Sorry, "NevErtheless..."

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135 months ago

Karen MacKay  See my profile wrote:

The first version is better

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I agree with the previous contributor that an alternative position is at the beginning of the sentence. Indeed I would say it is the best option in terms of flow.

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135 months ago

Karen MacKay  See my profile wrote:

I would choose the former solution so as not to separate seem from to be

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Or you can put it at the beginning of the sentence: nevertheless, this choice...

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135 months ago

giulianoscarpa  See profile wrote:

Couldn´t agree more !

135 months ago

giulianoscarpa  See profile wrote:

I agree, at the beginning of the sentence is even better.

135 months ago

giulianoscarpa  See profile wrote:

I agree, at the beginning of the sentence is even better.

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