When to accentuate

How do you write: even or even ? You have probably asked yourself that question countless times and you still do not know when you should stress this adverb. The truth is that this is a common doubt at the time of writing without committing misspellings, so you should pay attention to the meaning of this word in the sentence to know if it should have a diacritical accent . If you want to know in detail when to emphasize yet, do not miss this article from.

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In the first place, it is necessary to know that "even", whether with an accent or without it, is an adverb so it will generally be part of some circumstantial complement of the sentence.

The diacritic accent will help us to differentiate the function that this term exerts, for which we will have to accentuate "even" whenever it can be replaced by "still", that is, when it indicates time. Let's see it with some examples:

Your father has not arrived yet. / Your father has not arrived yet.
My little cousin still does not know how to read. / My little cousin still does not know how to read.

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In this way, in the rest of the cases, we will have to use "even" without an accent and will be synonymous with "even" or "even". For example:

Even if it's raining, I'll go out and walk the dog. / Even when it's raining, I'll go out and walk the dog.
He did not pass the exam, he did not even study. / He did not pass the exam, he did not even study.

It is also important to note that the phrase "even when" does not have an accent, which can be replaced by "although". Example: