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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Even if versus even though

In the sentence, "We won't encourage him to do that even if he is in good health," is substituting even though for even if okay? If not, why?
  

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Anonymous In the sentence, "We won't encourage him to do that even if he is in good health," is substituting even though for even if okay? If not, why? There can be a small difference in meaning.

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  • Anonymous In the sentence, "We won't encourage him to do that even if he is in good health," is substituting even though for even if okay?
  • If not, why?
  • There can be a small difference in meaning.
  • We'd use "if" for a case in which at the time of the statement, we don't know the state of his health.
  • (Your original example could refer to a particular case, or it could be describing habitual behavior.
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AnonymousIn the sentence, "We won't encourage him to do that even if he is in good health," is substituting even though for even if okay? If not, why?
There can be a small difference in meaning.
We'd use "if" for a case in which at the time of the statement, we don't know the state of his health.
(Your original example could refer to a particular case
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