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by sui generis » Sat Apr 07, 2012 7:19 am
I have a basic doubt regarding the usage of 'however' and 'while' together. Both are words to signal contrast. And as per the basic rule in GMAT, we should avoid redundancy i.e. refrain using two words when one can do.

But in the below sentence 'however' and 'while' both are used to signal contrast. Could someone please help me get on the right track ?

However, while Woody Allen's caricature of Los Angeles in "Annie Hall" molders in the national imagination, New York and Los Angeles have proved that they have more in common than not.

My understanding is 'however' is used to signal contrast with the previous sentence whereas 'while/any-other-contrast-word' is used to signal contrast within the same sentence. Please correct me if I am wrong ?

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/20 ... wn-success

Other sentence type of similar example:

Although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try. --- here again both 'although' and 'however' are used ? Please elucidate ? Or if possible could someone give me an online link to read about this stuff.

Many thanks!
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Sat Apr 07, 2012 7:52 am
In that article, the "however" is used to signal contrast with the previous paragraph that ends with "yet somehow the city's notorious sprawl remains a convenient measure that is used by New Yorkers, San Franciscans and other L.A. haters to compare the city to their own as the ultimate urban problem."

The "while" is used to differentiate the Annie Hall example (which supports the previous paragraph) from the second half of the sentence, which proclaims that the cities are more alike than different.
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by sui generis » Sat Apr 07, 2012 8:48 am
Thanks Bill. That is exactly what I thought it to be. Thanks for affirming.

A small one:
So this sentence is incorrectly written : Although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try.
It should be either "Although I'm a little afraid, I'd like to try." OR "I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try."
Right ?
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:02 am
Right. We could use "though" and "however" together if we had a previous sentence from which to draw a contrast.
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