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Seraphin Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
although .. however ???
the following sentence is grammatically incorrect, as far as I know,
"although I don't like it, but I still do it"
yet it seems okay to say, for I found it in a book (as such assumed to be correct)
"although I don't like it, however, I still do it"
is it so??
"although I don't like it, but I still do it"
yet it seems okay to say, for I found it in a book (as such assumed to be correct)
"although I don't like it, however, I still do it"
is it so??
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Hi Seraphin Your first sentence is not correct. " "I don't like it. " In your last sentence, the word 'however' is used differently.
- Hi Seraphin Your first sentence is not correct.
- " "I don't like it.
- " In your last sentence, the word 'however' is used differently.
- In that sentence it refers back to the first part of the sentence and emphasizes the whole idea of "although I don't like it".
- In that sentence, you could also say that 'however' is used parenthetically.
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Hi Seraphin
Your first sentence is not correct. The following are correct:
"Although I don't like it, I still do it."
"I don't like it. However, I still do it."
In your last sentence, the word 'however' is used differently. In that sentence it refers back to the first part of the sentence and emphasizes the whole idea of "although I don't like it". In that senten
Your first sentence is not correct. The following are correct:
"Although I don't like it, I still do it."
"I don't like it. However, I still do it."
In your last sentence, the word 'however' is used differently. In that sentence it refers back to the first part of the sentence and emphasizes the whole idea of "although I don't like it". In that senten
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is the "however" an adv or a conj in my previous example
"Although I don't like it, however, I still do it" ?
and which is it in your example "I don't like it. However, I still do it" ?
Thank you
"Although I don't like it, however, I still do it" ?
and which is it in your example "I don't like it. However, I still do it" ?
Thank you
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Seraphinis the "however" an adv or a conj in my previous example
"Although I don't like it, however, I still do it" ?
'However' is not used as a conjunction. In this sentence 'however' is used parenthetically. In other words, it is basically "extra information". It only adds emphasis to the contrast. The sentence would be just fine w
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-Our team lost. It was a good game though.
-‘Have you ever been to Australia?’ ‘No. I'd like to, though.’
Recently in subtitles I have seen 'although' replacing 'though'; for the above two, can we use 'although' instead?
-‘Have you ever been to Australia?’ ‘No. I'd like to, though.’
Recently in subtitles I have seen 'although' replacing 'though'; for the above two, can we use 'although' instead?
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OttoJcan we use 'although' instead?Not in those. 'Although' can appear only at the beginning of a clause, not at the end.
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