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Conjunctions and adverbs which are used in pairs to connect thoughts and form balanced clauses are called correlatives. For example, as in the passage above, one use of vel would be translated as "or," but when we see a series (four in this passage), we translate the first vel as "either" and each of the following repetitions as "or." "...either the sea's continual smokings are evaporated, or that they are scattered...etc." |