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lluke9
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How do you use "albeit"?
Apparently I have to show my mastery of the English language on the upcoming AP English exam on Wednesday (or is it Monday?).
So I decided to learn to use a word I've known for a long time, now, but have never bothered to learn to use efficiently. It's one of my most favorite words, albeit quite often misused.
I know that albeit can be used in several ways, such as:
Albeit old, the grandfather clock runs splendidly.
The runner runs, albeit slowly.
But I'm having trouble figuring out what happens to the idea of a sentence if you use it like:
The grandfather clock is rather dirty, albeit working; nevertheless, it needs cleaning.
Can you use it like that? It feels like something's wrong, because "The grandfather clock is rather dirty" is the main idea here, so negating it with "nevertheless" and following up with a non-negating phrase doesn't seem right.
Or is it okay, since "nevertheless" comes after "albeit in perfect working condition", so it effectively negates the "albeit" part?I would ask on a grammar forum, but signing up just to ask a question seems pretty bad-mannered to me, so. And the forumgoers here are well educated, no? ;D
Apparently I have to show my mastery of the English language on the upcoming AP English exam on Wednesday (or is it Monday?).
So I decided to learn to use a word I've known for a long time, now, but have never bothered to learn to use efficiently. It's one of my most favorite words, albeit quite often misused.
I know that albeit can be used in several ways, such as:
Albeit old, the grandfather clock runs splendidly.
The runner runs, albeit slowly.
But I'm having trouble figuring out what happens to the idea of a sentence if you use it like:
The grandfather clock is rather dirty, albeit working; nevertheless, it needs cleaning.
Can you use it like that? It feels like something's wrong, because "The grandfather clock is rather dirty" is the main idea here, so negating it with "nevertheless" and following up with a non-negating phrase doesn't seem right.
Or is it okay, since "nevertheless" comes after "albeit in perfect working condition", so it effectively negates the "albeit" part?I would ask on a grammar forum, but signing up just to ask a question seems pretty bad-mannered to me, so. And the forumgoers here are well educated, no? ;D