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Peter Berry
Date Of Creation:
17 February 2021
Update Date:
17 May 2024
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The adversative sentences They are a type of coordinated sentences that include an opposition of meaning, that is, they oppose two ideas that are not compatible in principle. To do so, they resort to adversative links: words or set of words that build this opposition. For example: He did not understand the exercise even though I explained it to him several times.
Adverse conjunctions or adverse links can be classified into two groups:
- Restrictive ties. They partially subtract meaning from what is expressed. For example: However, but, more, but, although, with everything Y However.
- Exclusive links. They mark that even in the event of situation A, another event B will not occur. For example: even though, even though, even if, even without or even if.
Adversative sentences are compound sentences, which means that they contain two or more suborations that function with some syntactic independence. It should also be clarified that the order is not fixed, and that event B can be named before event A.
- See also: Simple and compound sentences
Examples of adversative sentences
- The teacher explained it, but I did not understand.
- She brought all the dresses I asked for; but nevertheless, the parade was a failure.
- He wanted to escape from that place plus It was already too late.
- We collide head-on but only the bumper got dented.
- Showed up on the wedding day although nobody expected it.
- I don't really want to buy that car; However, it is better than keeping the cash in hand.
- I showed up at that office at six in the morning; even so, they did not attend me.
- I won't sign that mortgage yetwhen Swear by word of mouth that the work will be finished this month.
- In spite of how much he fought, the cruel disease overcame him.
- It is convenient for me to live in a central area, even if I am assigned to the Flores branch.
- Even though sell everything I have I do not reach that figure.
- He did not carry that document, although my reiterated advice.
- I don't want to bring it to my house if not have it delivered to the office.
- We will sign that same afternoon even though the dollar keep rising.
- He carried debit and credit cards; but neverthelessIn that little town only cash circulated.
- I would not accept that charge even if They will offer it to me today.
- I can wait for you until next month but do not extend more than that.
- He took the first taxi he saw; yet so dinner started without him.
- He failed to be among the selected pthat to what he tried.
- Almost 100,000 signatures were gathered in the campaign; with everythingWe are unable to get the issue addressed in the legislature.
Types of coordinated sentences
Adversative sentences are a type of sentence coordinated sentences. Next, we describe all the types of coordinates according to the nexus they use:
- Copulative prayers. The copulative ties (y, e, ni), allow adding or adding propositions, affirmatively or negatively. For example: You sat away Y I did not see you.
- Adversative sentences. The adversarial ties (however, if not, except Y However) allow opposing ideas and are very common in speech. For example: The lemon tree gave many fruits this season, but nevertheless, many of them were sour.
- Disjunctive sentences. The disjunctive links (or, or) pose a relationship of exclusion: if one exists, the other cannot exist. For example: Are they coming home or we meet at the theater?
- Distributive sentences. The distributional links (well ... well ... now ... now ... now ... now ...) are almost obsolete and distribute attributes in both propositions. For example: They are investigating: good he may be innocent, they may well put him in prison.
- Explanatory sentences. The explanatory links (that is, that is, that is) broaden and provide the meaning of the aforementioned proposition. For example: The study went well, that is to say, Juan is out of danger.
- Consecutive sentences. The consecutive links (because, therefore, then, so) point out the cause-consequence relationship between the subparagraphs. For example: Got mad at me why I did not answer the phone all day.
- Juxtaposed sentences. It does not have links but punctuation marks (coma, semicolon, or colon). For example: It's useless: you've already made your decision.
- Continue with: Types of sentences
