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  1. 14-Sep-2007, 13:51 #1
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    Default from the Bible

    Is the following sentence all right?
    Although he was in the world yet the world did not recognise him.
    Isn't the "yet" in the sentence superfluous?
  2. 14-Sep-2007, 18:00 #2
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    Default Re: from the Bible

    We don't use it in modern speech or writing, but this sort of 'pleonastic' conjunction was once common.

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