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Default Re: still and yet

No.1
Another was the oldest child. Still another was the youngest child.

The word yet functions sometimes as an adverb and has several meanings: in addition ("yet another cause of trouble" or "a simple yet noble woman"), even ("yet more expensive"), still ("he is yet a novice"), eventually ("they may yet win"), and so soon as now ("he's not here yet"). It also functions as a coordinating conjunction meaning something like "nevertheless" or "but."
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In colloquial spoken English, mind you, but still or still are sometimes used as less formal alternatives to yet:
  • The weather was lousy. It rained every day. Still, we managed to enjoy ourselves.
  • I don’t like the work very much. Mind you, the people I work with are very nice.
  • You can be very annoying at times, but we still love you.
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No.2
Other materials are used in the workshop also, about which some details will be given.

–preposition 1.of; concerning; in regard to: instructions about the work; a book about the Civil War.

No.3
They are people against whom we measure others.

- measure against means to compare
- measure with means to use as a tool

Hope that helps.
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