The lesson says that sentences can't start with "en cambio", but it also says that "en cambio" can be preceded by a full stop (which I understand to be a period). Am I missing something? Thanks!
En cambio preceded by a full stop?
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En cambio preceded by a full stop?
This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Using mientras que/en cambio for comparison/contrast in Spanish"
Asked 3 years ago
Hola Chris
En cambio can start a sentence so you can have something like:
El apartamento estaba muy limpio, el agua de la piscina siempre estaba fría.
It's allowed to start the new sentence with En cambio, as you can see, although it's a lot more common to find a semi-colon before, and a comma after:
El apartamento estaba muy limpio; en cambio, el agua de la piscina siempre estaba fría.
However, en cambio cannot introduce the first clause:
En cambio el agua de la piscina siempre estaba fría, el apartamento estaba muy limpio. (this is incorrect)
With Mientras que, we can do this.
I hope this clarified it.
Saludos
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