Re: and then (was: Silly but important to me)

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

John Wilcox wrote:
> Bonnie Granat wrote:
> 
>> To say, "Highlight the item you want to work with, then press F4" is
>> equivalent to saying, "Eat dinner, after that mow the lawn".
>> "Then" is an adverb, not a conjunction.
> 
> That's correct. I'm not using it as a conjunction. It describes when
> the verb action takes place (i.e., right after the preceding action).
> 

You are giving two instructions, so you must have a conjunction.
Would you say, "Trim the tree, later open your presents."?

Bonnie Granat
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