Timeline for Does "at the same time" refer only to chronological time and never to logical sequence?
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| Sep 13, 2016 at 14:22 | comment | added | LawrenceC | Ok, I understand now. Commas in the original sentence would have made that clear - "... He did publish Shakespeare, but, at the same time, 20 years later he published Christie too." So yeah, I think you're right with it meaning "nevertheless." @stangdon: I agree. | |
| Sep 13, 2016 at 14:20 | comment | added | Serguei | Sorry, my choice of the time interval is poor. I've changed it to "a few" | |
| Sep 13, 2016 at 13:51 | comment | added | stangdon | @LawrenceC : I guess it could mean what you're saying, but it's not how I would read the sentence, particularly not without an existing reference to what time the first publication happened. If we don't know what time he published Shakespeare, it doesn't make a lot of sense to say he published Christie "too" at the same time twenty years later. | |
| Sep 13, 2016 at 13:28 | comment | added | kasfme | I apologise. I have been writing in a confusing way. I will be more clear. "At the same time" has two meanings. The first meaning is "at this time" or "at this date". The second meaning of "At the same time" is "nevertheless". | |
| Sep 13, 2016 at 13:04 | comment | added | LawrenceC | ??? Um, I don't see "nevertheless" mentioned in the question ... | |
| Sep 13, 2016 at 13:02 | comment | added | kasfme | I don't think so? You said "At the same time" is saying that the times of the publication are the same, except for the year being 20 years later. I responded that no, I think it is the secondary meaning that is intended, which oxforddictionaries and thefreedictionary define as a synonym of nevertheless. | |
| Sep 13, 2016 at 12:56 | comment | added | LawrenceC | @kasfme : I think you responded to the wrong question. | |
| Sep 13, 2016 at 12:55 | comment | added | kasfme | I utterly disagree with you here. oxforddictionaries supplies the definition: Nevertheless (used to introduce a fact that should be taken into account): I can’t really explain it, but at the same time I’m not convinced; thefreedictionary supplies the definition Fig. nevertheless; however; along with that. Bill was able to pay for the damage. At the same time, he was very angry about the accident. We agree to your demands. At the same time, we object strongly to your methods. The use of the word but heavily implies that it is this definition that the author is after. | |
| Sep 13, 2016 at 12:47 | history | answered | LawrenceC | CC BY-SA 3.0 |