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Adverbials

britdam007

britdam007

India

1) “He’s an experienced engineer and an expert in this field. For all that he couldn’t find out what caused the explosion in the plant.”


In the above sentence could you please tell me the meaning of the phrase “For all that”


2) I also would like to know that if I am to read out the above sentence with proper pauses, how many pauses should I give?



 ”He’s an experienced engineer and an expert in this field. +For all that he couldn’t find out what caused the explosion in the plant.”


The “” sign indicates the places where I should pause.


Now you please tell me whether or not you agree with me regarding the places of pause() that I’ve indicated in the above sentence.



I think giving proper pauses is an important aspect of the language and your website doesn’t mention anything about it. So can you throw some light on it?


12:23 PM Mar 05 2013 |

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Teacher AmySuper Member!

United States

Good questions!


“For all that” has an equivalent meaning to “In spite of that,” or “Even though that was the case.” Essentially, the idea is that though he was an expert, he couldn’t figure out the cause of the explosion.


Remember that, when used at the beginning of a sentence, and adverbial must be followed by a comma. So the sentence should read, “For all that, he couldn’t find…”


Commas and periods provide the best clues as to when to pause in a sentence. Thus, learning proper comma placement rules will help you best know where to pause.


Best,


Amy

01:08 PM Mar 07 2013 |