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Belly Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Conjunctions

There is something which doubt me: Is there any chances that a gerund goes after "although"?

My friend has just found two examples in "Oxford grammar finder":

_ Despite expecting the news, I was greatly shocked by it.
- Although expecting the news, I was greatly shocked by it.

I thought I had never come up with any info like the second sample. Could anyone help?
  

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Hi Belly Neither sentence is good English. Although shouldn't be used in clause equivalents, use though instead. My suggestions: Even though I expected the news, I was greatly shocked by it.

— Cool Breeze

  • Hi Belly Neither sentence is good English.
  • Although shouldn't be used in clause equivalents, use though instead.
  • My suggestions: Even though I expected the news, I was greatly shocked by it.
  • Though expecting the news, I was greatly shocked by it.
  • The latter sentence would most probably occur in written English only.
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Hi Belly

Neither sentence is good English. Although shouldn't be used in clause equivalents, use though instead. My suggestions:

Even though I expected the news, I was greatly shocked by it.
Though expecting the news, I was greatly shocked by it.

The latter sentence would most probably occur in written English
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I think there is a mistake here. But anyway, how could although and though can go with a gerund?
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Despite (my) expecting the news, I was greatly shocked by it.
- Although (I was )expecting the news, I was greatly shocked by it.
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Nona The BritDespite (my) expecting the news, I was greatly shocked by it.
- Although (I was )expecting the news, I was greatly shocked by it.
There's some situation:

_______feeling tired, she went on working

a)Despite

b) Although

The only answer is a but I still wonder why b is not accepted
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BellyI think there is a mistake here. But anyway, how could although and though can go with a gerund?
Expecting is not a gerund. It's a present partciple and though + a present participle is used as an active concessive clause equivalent in English:

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Cool Breeze
BellyI think there is a mistake here. But anyway, how could although and though can go with a gerund?

Expecting is not a gerund. It's a present partciple and though + a present participle is used as an active concessive clause equivalent in Eng
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Belly
_______feeling tired, she went on working

a)Despite

b) Although

The only answer is a but I still wonder why b is not accepted

Both are correct.

You can use though, although and while in non-finite clauses.
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