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Discussion Groups / British English / January 2005"yet" in this context...
Here is a sentence: Yet it needed the song of those cicadas to break a white-haired prisoner's heart... How to understand "yet" here ? I am not sure at all... Could someone help ? Thank you. > Here is a sentence: > > Yet it needed the song of those cicadas to break a white-haired prisoner's > heart... > > How to understand "yet" here ? I am not sure at all... Could someone help ? It's referring back to whatever was said before and contrasting that with the statement in this sentence. To interpret it fully we really need to know what was said before. Regards, Einde O'Callaghan > > Here is a sentence: > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > with the statement in this sentence. To interpret it fully we really > need to know what was said before. We don't really need to know what has gone before to give a definition of yet in this particular sentence, however... "Yet," in this context, means "Even though what was said before is true..." Rob Kerr > We don't really need to know what has gone before to give a definition of > yet in this particular sentence, however... > > "Yet," in this context, means "Even though what was said before is > true..." Thank you all for your help ! It's very kind from you. In case, here is the first sentence: "While the year sinks westward, I hear a cicada Bid me to be resolute here in my cell, Yet it needed..." (from a Witter Bynner's translation) So just replacing "yet" by "but" is ok ? > So just replacing "yet" by "but" is ok ? In this context, yes! -Luke Thank you ! >> So just replacing "yet" by "but" is ok ? > In this context, yes! > > -Luke I think that "and" would be better than 'but' in this context While the year sinks westward, I hear a cicada Bid me to be resolute here in my cell, And it needed the song of those cicadas to break a white-haired prisoner's heart... >> We don't really need to know what has gone before to give a definition of >> yet in this particular sentence, however... [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > So just replacing "yet" by "but" is ok ? > Here is a sentence: > > Yet it needed the song of those cicadas to break a white-haired prisoner's > heart... > > How to understand "yet" here ? I am not sure at all... Could someone help ? Replace with "But". -Luke |
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