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Martinlee Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Even

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What are differences in usage in 'even if'' and ' 'even though'?
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"even if" refers to a hypothetical situation. "even though" refers to a real situation and means something like "despite". We'll go even if it's raining.

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  • "even if" refers to a hypothetical situation.
  • "even though" refers to a real situation and means something like "despite".
  • We'll go even if it's raining.
  • -- we don't know whether it will be raining We went even though it was raining.
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"even if" refers to a hypothetical situation. "even though" refers to a real situation and means something like "despite".

We'll go even if it's raining. -- we don't know whether it will be raining
We went even though it was raining. -- it actually was raining

(Separately from "even though", the "real situation" can be made hypothetical, e.g. by adding modals:
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Thanks a lot
Is there any difference between even when and even though?
I got there (even though / even when) had to walk.

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I got there even though I had to walk. -- on the occasion you are referring to (or every occasion if more than one), you had to walk

I got there even when I had to walk. -- normally you didn't have to walk, but on certain occasions you did
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