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Contrasts Contrasts: although and though; even though,… Although and though Although/ though + clause Despite the fact that/ In spite of the fact that + clause  Despite/ In spite

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Contrasts: although and though; even though,…

Although and though

(Although/ though + clause)

Despite the fact that/ In

spite of the fact that + clause

 Despite/ In spite of +

noun/noun phrase/gerund

 We use although or though to say

that there is a surprising contract

between what happened in the main clause and what happened in the adverbial clause

 Use though, but not although at the

end of a clause.

 With a similar maiming, we use

Despite the fact that/ In spite of the fact that or Despite/ In spite of

• Although/ though it rain

heavily, we go to the beach

• I’m not keen on yogurt,

though.

• In spite of the fact that/

Despite the fact that she has to

cope with three small children, she is taking a part- time MBA course

• In spite of/ Despite her

children, she go to the beach

Even though + clause

 We can use even though( not Even Although) to main despite the fact

that.

 We can use even though to emphasis

contrasting ideas

Even though(not even although)

Tom doesn’t speak Spanish, I think he should still visit

Madrid.= Despite the fact that

Tom doesn’t speak Spanish, …

Notes :

 Notice that you can’t use though/ although/ even though with but

_ Although I enjoyed my stay in the USA, I was still glad to come home.

_I enjoyed my stay in the USA, but I was still glad to come home.

_NOT Although I enjoyed my stay in the USA, but I was still glad to come home.

 We can use gerund and past participate clauses after though/ although and also clauses with

the subject and verb left out

_ (Al)though not huge, the garden needs constant attention.

 We can give special emphasis to an adjective by putting it before though in the pattern:

adj + though + noun/pronoun + verb.(usually a liking verb such as appear, be, become, feel, look, seem, sound, prove, etc ) As can be used instead of though, but notice that you can’t use

although

_Hot though/ as the night air was, they slept soundly.

 We can use While or Whilst with a meaning similar to “Although” The While/ Whilst clause

comes before or within the main clause, but not after it

_While/ Whilst(although) there is no evidence that Peter cheated, we were all astonished that

the passed the exam

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