I always thought words like "however", "nonetheless", "therefore" were conjunctions which just held various clauses of a sentence together, like "and" and "but".
But my colleague just told me that they were adverbs not conjuctions so they amend the verb rather than joining clauses. So you shouldn't write:
"We were going to go to the seaside; however, the weather is poor so we won't go"
You should write "We were going to go to the seaside. The weather is, however, poor...".
I am freaked out at this. Oxford Eng Dict says he's right as well. Help me cope with this
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It seems I am wrong on a grammar topic and I just can't cope with that
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margoandjerry · 08/05/2008 15:21
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