Tedwonny
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- Jan 10, 2012
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- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- Hong Kong
- Current Location
- UK
Language learners are often taught to memorize rules such as HOWEVER = NEVERTHELESS = NONETHELESS. All of these adverbs mean something along the line of "[FONT="]despite something that you have just mentioned[/FONT]" or "contrast".
I'd therefore like to know if 'nevertheless' works in the following sentence:
The roles of men and women were not the same in the North American Indian tribes. For example, men were both participants and spectators in hunting rituals. Women, _____, were forbidden to participate.
A native speaker says that HOWEVER works but not NEVERTHELESS/NONETHELESS.
Actually, for this same blank. Some say that ON THE OTHER HAND works too. But it is contrasting two issues - men and women, and the pattern ON THE ONE HAND...ON THE OTHER HAND should be used to contrast two perspectives of the same issue. Am I correct? So, does on the other hand works in the above blank too?
Thank you very much
I'd therefore like to know if 'nevertheless' works in the following sentence:
The roles of men and women were not the same in the North American Indian tribes. For example, men were both participants and spectators in hunting rituals. Women, _____, were forbidden to participate.
A native speaker says that HOWEVER works but not NEVERTHELESS/NONETHELESS.
Actually, for this same blank. Some say that ON THE OTHER HAND works too. But it is contrasting two issues - men and women, and the pattern ON THE ONE HAND...ON THE OTHER HAND should be used to contrast two perspectives of the same issue. Am I correct? So, does on the other hand works in the above blank too?
Thank you very much
