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Mark the sentence in which the word “however” has the same word class, syntactic function and meaning of the one in the sentence “However, with the rise of e-books and digital devices, the researchers were surprised to find that reading had dropped so steeply.” (lines 147-149)

(a)

Any intermediate to advanced student would benefit from a review of the usage, sentence position, and punctuation of however!

(b)

However is also a conjunction or adverb, depending on the sentence position, that means in whatever manner or means or no matter how.

(c)

The survey questionnaire, however long to be answered, was used for many years.

(d)

We were told we would be discussing the new schedule during the meeting. However, our boss never brought it up once.