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Topics of the day:



 1. USAGE: however

 2. However

 3. National Endowment for the Humanities



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Date:  Tue, 11 Jun 1996 08:44:13 -0600

From:  Kat Rose <Kat.Rose[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SPOT.COLORADO.EDU>

Subject: USAGE: however



Norman Grossblatt gave examples:

<"He is going. However, I'm not." "I, however, am not" and "I'm not,

however" are neither more precise nor easier to understand.>



My $.02, FWIW:

An exercise for actors varies the stress on words in a passage to teach

them that *how* they say their lines is as important as *what* the lines

say (and sometimes more important). For me, word order suggests appropriate

stress and, therefore, shades of meaning. For example,

*He* is going. *I*, however, am not.

He *is* going. However, *I'm* not.

He is *going*. I'm *not*, however.

 I *rarely* use "however" at the beginning of a sentence (because I find

that meaning is more enhanced when it is elsewhere); when I *do*, however,

I do it purposefully, because in these cases meaning is clearer with it in

that position.



BTW, How nice it is to be in touch with other people who care about such

things!



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