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"Though"

0The following passage is from a TV transcript. Look at the place where it uses "Though". Isn't it suppose to use a "so" there? Is it a typo or there is another meaning of "Though"? i thought "though" means "even though, but"01blockquote
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11i10"I asked you to cater the party because... Oh, well Richard raved about the food at his party, of course you were sleeping with him. Then I heard the food at the Lesbian wedding was also very nice. I assume you weren't sleeping with anybody there. 11b11font10Though12font12b10, at least that would be something."12i12br
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02br 02br 00I would not personally use "though" at the start of a sentence in formal text (I'd use "however"), but it's fine in conversation. In fact, even though they've punctuated it as a new sentence, in conversation it often runs on from the previous statement: 01i 00I assume you weren't sleeping with anybody there.... 02i 0-

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  • 02br 02br 00I would not personally use "though" at the start of a sentence in formal text (I'd use "however"), but it's fine in conversation.
  • In fact, even though they've punctuated it as a new sentence, in conversation it often runs on from the previous statement: 01i 00I assume you weren't sleeping with anybody there....
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0"Though" is used here in the sense of "however".02br
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00I would not personally use "though" at the start of a sentence in formal text (I'd use "however"), but it's fine in conversation. In fact, even though they've punctuated it as a new sentence, in conversation it often runs on from the previous statement: 01i00I assume you weren't sleeping with anybody ther
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