Difference between revisions of "Language/English/Grammar/Although-VS-Even-though"

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Vincent, While there is a very slight "nuance" of different meaning, the two expressions still carry (roughly) the same meaning.

There is a nuance of difference between "Although" and "Even though" expressions in certain, but very few, instances...

Allow me to illustrate w/ an example:

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 Vincent,
+While there is a very slight "nuance" of different meaning, the two expressions still carry (roughly) the same meaning.
-Not as such, However, while "although" is written, as you have done so, as a single word, "eventhough" is expressed, in American and British usage, in two words, i.e., "even though".
+There is a nuance of difference between "Although" and "Even though" expressions in certain, but very few, instances...
-having siad that, there is a nuance of difference b/w the two expressions in certain, but very few, instances... Allow me to illustrate w/ an example:
+Allow me to illustrate w/ an example:
-Example 1: Same meaning
+==Example 1: Same meaning==
-a) Although she did not want to, Sarah went to the dance.
+*a) Although she did not want to, Sarah went to the dance.
-b) Even though she did not want to, Sarah went to the dance.
+*b) Even though she did not want to, Sarah went to the dance.
-Example 2: Slightly different meaning(s)
+==Example 2: Slightly different meaning(s)==
-a) Although it was a cool day, I went swimming.
+*a) Although it was a cool day, I went swimming.
-b) I went swiming even though it was a cool day.
+*b) I went swiming even though it was a cool day.
-As you can see, while there is a very slight "nuance" of different meaning in "example 2", the two expressions still carry (roughly) the same meaning.
-Let me know if I can be of further assistance.
-- exRanger