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For background, here is the story (just example, not real):

I applied for a job but they want a person who don't smoke. In my resume I wrote as I don't smoke. They invited me for interview. 15 min before interview meeting I smoke a cigar. When I talk with HR manager, He felt that I smell cigar and he asked me a question that I didn't understand.

In that context, my question follows.

Okay, As you see I didn't understand what he is asking, So I want to ask him a question to understand what he is asking clearly.

So Can I ask him like:

Are you asking that I smoke yet I wrote I don't smoke on my cv?

So "is it appropriate to use "yet" there or something else you can recommend in place of yet?

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    No, 'yet' is not appropriate, IMHO. It's better to use "while" or "although". Oct 2, 2015 at 14:14
  • I would say "Are you asking me if I smoke, although I said I don't in my CV?", or, more formal, "Are you asking me whether I smoke in spite of the fact that ...". To me it would be pretty clear what you were trying to say, though the whole phrase is not correctly built. Oct 2, 2015 at 14:26
  • @Buckminster thank you. what about "Are you asking me that I smoke as though I don't smoke according to information on my cv? " Oct 2, 2015 at 14:42
  • @Michael Well, I would place it as "Are you asking me if (or whether not that) I smoke although (or though not as though) according to the information in my CV I don't smoke? " Oct 2, 2015 at 14:46
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    @Michael "as though" has a different meaning: "seems/looks like"; consider the first verse of "Yesterday" by The Beatles: "Now it looks as though they're here to stay" Oct 2, 2015 at 14:57

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There are lots of options. Here's one: "Are you asking that I smoke, despite the fact that I wrote I don't smoke on my CV?"

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