Does the use of 'Although' confuse you?
It is a fairly friendly word once you know some simple rules to use it.
There are different ways of using this word. It can be either in the middle of the sentence or in the beginning.
Let us see how it is used in the middle of a sentence.
When we use this word, we mean that already something has happened even if something else has happened. Now the second happening, is unusual or logically (or normally) not the outcome.
Although the teacher asked her not to share the assignment, Sarah showed the answers she wrote, to her friends.
The meaning changes drastically by where Although is placed (Remember the 2 places where it can be done? Think back! Or read from the start again...).
The teacher asked her not to share the assignment, although Sarah showed the answers she wrote, to her friends.
Here, Sarah has already shown it to everyone. Also, this tells us another trick on how to specify the order of events. Whichever part of the sentence comes right after 'although', is the event that happens(ed) first.
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Outcome - The result
It is a fairly friendly word once you know some simple rules to use it.
There are different ways of using this word. It can be either in the middle of the sentence or in the beginning.
Let us see how it is used in the middle of a sentence.
When we use this word, we mean that already something has happened even if something else has happened. Now the second happening, is unusual or logically (or normally) not the outcome.
Although the teacher asked her not to share the assignment, Sarah showed the answers she wrote, to her friends.
The meaning changes drastically by where Although is placed (Remember the 2 places where it can be done? Think back! Or read from the start again...).
The teacher asked her not to share the assignment, although Sarah showed the answers she wrote, to her friends.
Here, Sarah has already shown it to everyone. Also, this tells us another trick on how to specify the order of events. Whichever part of the sentence comes right after 'although', is the event that happens(ed) first.
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Outcome - The result
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