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From Assimil's "Japanese With Ease" volume 2, lesson 72, sentence 10.

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> その上【うえ】一人【ひとり】で起【お】き上【あ】がれないから,そのたんびに起【お】こしてやり,半【はん】日【にち】かかって,やっとひとつの山【やま】から降【お】りられた。

その上【うえ】一人【ひとり】で起【お】き上【あ】がれないから, Furthermore since he couldn't stand up alone

そのたんびに起【お】こしてやり,I had to help him up each time

半【はん】日【にち】かかって,it took half a day

やっとひとつの山【やま】から降【お】りられた。to finally be able to descend from the mountain once

> ,そのたんびに起【お】こしてやり,

I don't understand why it is 起【お】こしてやりand not 起【お】こしてやって.

1.)[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_verb_conjugation#i_form)
says the i-form can be used in conjunctions in formal writing. I assume that
this is happening here, am I assuming correctly?

1.a) If not, what is happening here?

2.) Could 起【お】こしてやって, be used instead?

2.a)If not, why?

2.b)If so, how would it change the feeling/meaning of the sentence?
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grammar て-form conjunctions renyōkei
やり い-form conjunction vs て-form conjunction
1. Yes, you're right. For more about the use of 連用形 as a conjunction, see:

    * [Is there a term for using conjugating verbs such that the sentence continues with another clause?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/9771/9831)
    * [Removal of て in Japanese novels](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/70321/9831)
  2. Yes, you can rephrase the 起こしてやり as 起こしてやって in your example.  
It doesn't change the semantic meaning. 起こしてやって would be a little less
formal/literary than 起こしてやり.
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