Thoush...Yet vs Though

[saxenankit]

Dear Instructors,

Can you please explain when Though is follwed by ", yet" construction and when by a simple comma ?

[pranabiitkgp]

Hi Ankit - The answer key is there in chappter 10, page 189 .
My understanding is -
'though...yet' is wrong in GMAT , only one connecting word required to connect two clasues/parts of a sentence .
so the right form is '[though..., ---- ]or [----, yet...]'.
Comma(,) is essetial for both the cases as two different clauses or parts are connected

[saxenankit]

Hi Ankit - The answer key is there in chappter 10, page 189 .
My understanding is -
'though...yet' is wrong in GMAT , only one connecting word required to connect two clasues/parts of a sentence .
so the right form is '[though..., ---- ]or [----, yet...]'.
Comma(,) is essetial for both the cases as two different clauses or parts are connected

Hi Pranab,

I browsed that page. The below example is clear to me and it makes sense that we can't use both ALTHOUGH and YET here-
Although I need to relax, YET I have so many things to do.

Now, coming to my point, its mentioned -

"Use only one connecting word at once" - page 189

my question is - can we generalize and take this as a rule ?

Consider the below sentence, for eg -

Though she disallowed me, yet I will go to her.

Going by the rule if I say -

She disallowed me, yet I will go to her.

I loose the punch, the emphasis that I want to potray.

However, I can say -

Although she disallowed me, I will go to her

The above sent. captures that emphasis because Although is a more emphatic form of Though

Comments please ...

[tim]

not sure what you're looking for in terms of comments, but the rule is clear on page 189 and it looks like you have a clear understanding of how to use it!

[pranabiitkgp]

Hi Tim - I think Ankit is asking - given two answers otherwise similar if one starts with 'although' and other connected with 'yet' in the middle is there any GMAT preference regarding which one should be selected

- Pranab.

[saxenankit]

Hi Tim - I think Ankit is asking - given two answers otherwise similar if one starts with 'although' and other connected with 'yet' in the middle is there any GMAT preference regarding which one should be selected

- Pranab.

Adding to Pranab's point -

My question is - can the below sentence be ever correct on GMAT ?

Though she disallowed me, yet I will go to her.

[jnelson0612]

Hi Tim - I think Ankit is asking - given two answers otherwise similar if one starts with 'although' and other connected with 'yet' in the middle is there any GMAT preference regarding which one should be selected

- Pranab.

Adding to Pranab's point -

My question is - can the below sentence be ever correct on GMAT ?

Though she disallowed me, yet I will go to her.

Hey all,
My understanding is that you cannot use both though and yet in the same sentence. They are both transition words and it makes less sense to use two of them together. So no, I do not think the GMAT would consider that a correct sentence.

[sachin.w]

Just to cement my understanding..

though, although, however are subordinating conjunctions

FANBOYS( for and nor but or yet so ) are coordinating conjunctions

both cant be used together and both must be preceded by a comma.

Please confirm if my understanding is right.

Regards,
Sach

[tim]

i would say in general this is correct, but please remember to use common sense when analyzing these because i can imagine a scenario where the GMAT would contort a sentence in such a way that it would "break" one of these "rules"..