Tài liệu CONTRASTS: although and though; even though,… doc

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 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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