Sin Embargo at the end of a sentence

Question

Can you use sin embargo at the end of the sentence as you can in English? for example: The man is older than his wife, however. Does the following work? El hombre es mayor que su esposa, sin embargo.

Is that grammatically correct, or is another word used, or is there no way to make that happen?

Gracias

Welcome to SpanishDict. - rac1, Dec 4, 2014

Answer 1

Grammatically it´s not incorrect, but this sentence structure is very unnatural. Sin embargo is used at the start or somewhere in the middle of a sentence.

Answer 2

English is an odd language in that it sometimes uses conjunctions and prepositions at the end of a sentence.

Answer 3

Like the other members have said, it's not technically incorrect, but it's also not natural. Now for the grammar nerd in me...

"However" is a subordinating conjunction in English. Though it is often used at the beginning of a sentence, it is meant to serve as a connector between two parts of a compound sentence (separated by a semicolon).

For example...

My new television has a great picture; however, the sound quality leaves much to be desired.

To answer your question, since "however" is a conjunction (something that connects two thoughts), it doesn't make sense to me for it to be used at the end of a sentence in either language.

I think the way OP meant it is kind of street slang, supposed to be a synonim to 'though'.. in Spanish, however, the translation stays the same:sin embargo between clauses, preferably halfway a sentence after a comma. :) - Suzanne_Romijnders, Dec 4, 2014

Answer 4

I´m totally agree with JulianChivi