Want to learn more? Which Word? Though is used more in spoken than in written English. You can use although , even though and though at the beginning of a sentence or clause that has a verb.
You cannot use even on its own at the beginning of a sentence or clause instead of although , even though or though : Even everyone played well, we lost the game. Check pronunciation: although. Although the restaurant is under new management, this hasn't done a thing to diminish the quality of the food and service.
No alcohol is served at the cafe, although patrons are welcome to bring their own. The restaurant chain has kept its casual dining atmosphere within its five locations although this is a place for fine dining. She had eyes the deepest blue-green of the Celtic Sea and flaxen hair, which although matted and unkempt, promised to shine sun-kissed when groomed.
He loved using the vernacular, although it never sounded quite right coming from him. Dorothy climbed into the buggy, although Jim had been unharnessed from it and was grazing some distance away. Although Borlaug and company encountered many obstacles, they pressed on, planting seed at night illuminated by flashes of artillery fire. Although oil is more traditional, broth is a healthier and lighter option.
Normally the atmosphere is dim, quiet and romantic, although it can get loud on the weekends when there is live entertainment. Although the wait for a table can be long, the great atmosphere, friendly service and one-of-a-kind pizzas more than compensate. Although it is no fine-dining experience, the quality of the meats is high and the prices are affordable. Although the meal portions are large enough to fill you, leave some room for the exclusive sundae concoction.
Keep the kids' expectations low; although the young spirits can treat themselves to chicken fingers, burgers, fries and apple pies, there is no play area to entertain them. Jackson managed to stand tall and keep eye contact, although , he was a breath away from begging for their lives. Although the management of local affairs is in the hands of the prefect his power with regard to these is checked by a deliberative body known as the general council conseil general.
He was a younger son, although he had some of his mother's inheritance. Although this fact will not in itself make the companies liable to any process of reorganization similar to that following insolvency and foreclosure of the American railway, it is probable that reorganization of some sort must nevertheless take place in Great Britain, and it may well be questioned whether the position of the transportation system of that country would not have been better if it had been built up and projected on the experience gained by actual earlier losses, as in the United States.
An encouraging example is afforded by the remarkable fact that malaria, which was once rife in certain districts of England, has now died out, although the Anopheles maculipennis mosquito still exists there. Here, then, I made my home; and although it is a lonely place I amuse myself making rustles and flutters, and so get along very nicely. Zeb also wanted to see his home, and although he did not find anyone morning for him, the sight of Hugson's Ranch in the picture made him long to get back there.
Although he wouldn't have given up those days for anything, he felt this to be more like a family, closer to what life had been like as a human. It lost, more and more, its influence and usefulness, and by was practically dead as a national party, although in Massachusetts it lingered in power until Although acting as minister of foreign affairs he was never made chancellor; but he was the political mentor of Catherine during the first eighteen years of her reign.
Although it is difficult to determine the true historical kernel, two features are most prominent in the narratives which the post-exilic compiler has incorporated: the revelation of Yahweh, and the movement into Palestine. There were two people present; their scent, although foreign, smelled deliciously inviting. Although he was anxious to marry this lady, the match was rendered impossible by the dislike of George II. The English courtiers were greatly incensed at the gracious reception accorded to these notable rebels by King James; but although Tyrone was confirmed in his title and estates, he had no sooner returned to Ireland than he again engaged in dispute with the government concerning his rights over certain of his feudatories, of whom Donnal O'Cahan was the most important.
Although in the case of the majority of Diptera the body is more or less clothed with hair, the hairy covering is usually so short that to the unaided eye the insects appear almost bare; some forms, however, such as the bee-flies Bombylius and certain robber-flies Asilidae are conspicuously hairy. The elders of these groups possessed some influence, and tended to form an aristocracy, which took the lead in social life, although their authority generally depended merely upon custom.
Some appear written for the first time in the book of Jubilees, in " the Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs " both perhaps 2nd century B.
Meanwhile the Israelite army was again besieging the Philistines at Gibbethon, and the recurrence of these conflicts points to a critical situation in a Danite locality in which Judah itself although ignored by the writers , must have been vitally concerned. Although the latter have special late and unreliable features, they agree with the former in presenting the same general trend of past history.
Although the records preserve complete silence upon the period now under review, it is necessary to free oneself from the narrow outlook of the later Judaean compilers. Although Palestine had not been depopulated, and many of the exiled Jews remained in Persia, the standpoint is that of those who returned from Babylon. Moreover, although general opinion identifies our Artaxerxes with the first of that name, certain features suggest that there has been some confusion with the traditions of the time of Artaxerxes II.
But although the Munchkin was hardly tall enough to come to Zeb's shoulder he was so strong and clever that he laid the boy three times on his back with apparent ease. Although Dean wouldn't have minded staying, he too rose to leave. Although new-born fawns are spotted, the adults are in the main uniformly coloured; the general tint of the coat at all seasons being reddish tawny with a more or less marked tendency to grey.
Metamorphosis in Diptera is complete; the larvae are utterly different from the perfect insects in appearance, and, although varying greatly in outward form, are usually footless grubs; those of the Muscidae are generally known as maggots.
The Pupipara are also termed Eproboscidea although they actually possess a well-developed and functional proboscis , and by some dipterists the Eproboscidea are regarded as a suborder. We firmed plans although it meant my cancelling a night out with a coworker. The two-story home had been built in the depression years and although there was little land around it, it was comfortable, well constructed and had answered Dean's limited needs—at least "temporarily"—for the past 15 years.
This fungus, Marasmius Oreades, is more universally used in France and Italy than in England, although it is well known and frequently used both in a fresh and in a dry state in England.
It is evident from the fact of thirteen inhabitants being allowed to hold the manor that the town had some kind of incorporation in the 17th century, although its incorporation charter was not granted until , when it was created a municipal borough.
Few persons can see with the naked eye - much less measure - more than six stars of the Pleiades, although all the stars measured by Maestlin have been seen with the naked eye by a few individuals of exceptional powers of eyesight. Although the second Frederick of Sicily, he called himself third, being the third son of King Peter. Both in Gaelic and in old French it is cat, although sometimes taking the form of chater in the latter; the Gaelic designation of the European wild cat being cat fiadhaich.
The ordinary domesticated cats of Europe are, however, mainly of African origin, although they have largely crossed, especially in Germany and probably also in Great Britain , with the wild cat. Although entirely naked in summer, these cats developed in winter a slight growth of hair on the back and the ridge of the tail. This large influx of Europeans, however, is modifying the population by reducing the Indian and mestizo elements to a minority, although they are still numerous in the mesopotamian, northern and north-western provinces.
He became by a singular arrangement, only repeated in the case of Lord Ellenborough, a member of the cabinet, and remained in that position through various changes of administration for nearly fifteen years, and, although he persistently refused the chancellorship, he acted as Speaker of the House of Lords while the Great Seal was in commission. It is impossible to say who were the first discoverers of Australia, although there is evidence that the Chinese had some knowledge of the continent so far back as the 13th century.
In a French navigator named Binot Paulmyer, sieur de Gonneville, was blown out of his course, and landed on a large island, which was claimed to be the great southern land of tradition, although Flinders and other authorities are inclined to think that it must have been Madagascar. Broken Bay and other inlets, and several headlands, were also seen and named, but the vessel did not come to an anchor till Moreton Bay was reached, although the wind prevented Cook from entering this harbour.
By this time much had thus been done to obtain an acquaintance with the eastern parts of the Australian continent, although the problem of what could become of the large rivers flowing north-west and south-west into the interior was still unsolved.
Although this crisis followed on the great strike the B g? Marienbad is among the youngest of the Bohemian wateringplaces, although its springs were known from of old. Although the idol of his victorious army, and in a position enabling him to exercise autocratic power, he laboured unostentatiously for more than a year and a half as a member of the parliament, whose authority he supported to the best of his ability. There is some reason to hope that the day of these misconceptions is passed; although there is also some reason to fear that on other grounds the present era may be known to posterity as an era of instrumentation comparable, in its gorgeous chaos of experiment and its lack of consistent ideas of harmony and form, only to the monodic period at the beginning of the 17th century, in which no one had ears for anything but experiments in harmonic colour.
Although several species belonging to the second class occasionally enter the bodies of water snails and other animals before reaching their definitive host, they undergo no alteration of form in this intermediate host; the case is different, however, in Filaria medinensis and other forms, in which a free larval is followed by a parasitic existence in two distinct hosts, all the changes being accompanied by a metamorphosis.
The number of agricultural schools has also grown, although the total is relatively small when compared with population. But although welcomed with enthusiasm Reaction on his return to Turin, he introduced a system of in the reaction which, if less brutal, was no less uncom- Italian promising than that of Austrian archdukes or Bourbon States. Although he had resigned, he remained In reality the emperor was contemplating an Etrurian kingdom with the prince at its head. On the of th of August , however, he encountered a forte under Bis Jiavicini at Aspromonte, and, although Garibaldi ordered his in.
Scarcely a trace of the castle exists, although its site near St Clement's church is locally known as Tower Hill. A third cousin succeeded him in , Bernard Edward Howard, who, although a Roman Catholic, was enabled, by the act of , to act as earl marshal. His eldest son Charles , lord admiral of England in , sailed as commander in chief against the Spanish Armada, and, although giving due weight to the counsel of Drake and his other officers, showed himself a leader as prudent as courageous.
In fact, he belonged to the old Ionian school, whose doctrines he modified by the theories of his contemporary Anaxagoras, although he avoided his dualism. Vasari eulogizes Mantegna for his courteous, distinguished and praiseworthy deportment, although there are indications of his having been not a little litigious in disposition.
Hence, although wages are painfully low, the cost of production to the manufacturer is relatively high; and it is still further increased by the cost of the raw materials, by the heavy rates of transport owing to the distance from the sea, by the dearness of capital and by the scarcity of fuel. For, although the council of Trent recognized fully the distinction which has been mentioned above between the Eucharist and the sacrifice of the mass, and treated of them in separate sessions the former in Session xiii.
As it was, although Parker said that Grindal "was not resolute and severe enough for the government of London," his attempts to enforce the use of the surplice evoked angry protests, especially in , when considerable numbers of the nonconformists were suspended; and Grindal of his own motion denounced Cartwright to the Council in A charge of heresy was brought against him, but he escaped to France, and established himself as a merchant at Rouen or Dieppe, where he lived un - molested until his death in , although attempts were made by the Scottish community there to bring further charges against him.
Although there are no active cones, Upolu has in comparatively recent times been subject to volcanic disturbances, and according to a local tradition, outbreaks must have occurred in the 17th or 18th century. They present great diversities of size, length and thickness of fur, and coloration, although resembling each other in all important structural characters.
In North America there is a second distinct smaller species, called the coyote or prairie-wolf Canis latrans , and perhaps the Japanese wolf C. Although during the composition of the Ferdinand and Isabella it had been of very intermittent service to him, it had so far improved that he could read with a certain amount of regularity during the writing of the Conquest of Mexico, and also, though in a less degree, during the years devoted to the Conquest of Peru.
Although he wrote poetry, also an anthology of verses on the monasteries of Mesopotamia and Egypt, and a genealogical work, his fame rests upon his Book of Songs Kitab ul-Aghani , which gives an account of the chief Arabian songs, ancient and modern, with the stories of the composers and singers. Certayne Ecloges of Alexander Barclay, Priest, written in his youth, were probably printed as early as , although the earliest extant edition is that in John Cawood's reprint of the Ship of Fools.
Although Du Pin consented to a retractation, the book was suppressed in ; he was, however, allowed again to continue it on changing its title by substituting nouvelle for universelle.
Cyprian, although inspired by lofty notions of the prerogatives of the church, and inclined to severity of opinion towards heretics, and especially heretical dissentients from the belief in the divine authorship of the episcopal order and the unity of Christendom, was leniently disposed towards those who had temporarily fallen from the faith.
Although , however, he adds that at this point he suspended his religious inquiries, " acquiescing with implicit belief in the tenets and mysteries which are adopted by the general consent of Catholics and Protestants," his readers will probably do him no great injustice if they assume that even then it was rather to the negations than to the affirmations of Protestantism that he most heartily assented.
During the progress of the campaign he kept away from public affairs, although he assumed a Cassandra-like attitude in all his utterances, and his henchmen in the press were frankly defeatist.
He succeeded in forming a Cabinet which comprised a number of non-Giolittians of all parties, but only a few of his own "old guard," so that he won the support of a considerable part of the Chamber, although the Socialists and the Popolari Catholics rendered his hold somewhat precarious.
Although both kingdoms suffered, common misfortune did not throw them together. Although little is preserved of Omri's history, the fact that the northern kingdom long continued to be called by the Assyrians after his name is a significant indication of his great reputation. For the understanding of these great wars between Syria and Israel which the traditional chronology spreads over eighty years , for the significance of the crushing defeats and inspiring victories, and for the alternations of despair and hope, a careful study of all the records of relations between Israel and the north is at least instructive, and it is important to remember that, although the present historical outlines are scanty and incomplete, some - if not all - of the analogous descriptions in their present form are certainly later than the second half of the 9th century B.
Although the light thrown upon ancient conditions of life and thought has destroyed much that sometimes seems vital for the Old Testament, it has brought into relief a more permanent and indisputable appreciation of its significance, and it is gradually dispelling that pseudo-scientific literalism which would fetter the greatest of ancient Oriental writings with an insistence upon the verity of historical facts.
Although Pompey had spared the temple treasure, he was the embodiment of the power of Rome, which was not always so considerately exercised. Harwich Herewica, Herewyck cannot be shown to have been inhabited very early, although in the 18th century remains of a camp, possibly Roman, existed there. Although images of the divinities were certainly known, the principal objects of cult in the Minoan age were of the aniconic class; in many cases these were natural objects, such as rocks and mountain peaks, with their cave sanctuaries, like those of Ida or of Dicte.
A document was published in London purporting to be a "Declaration of Mr Alexander Henderson made upon his Death-bed "; and, although this paper was disowned, denounced and shown to be false in the General Assembly of August , the document was used by Clarendon as giving the impression that Henderson had recanted. In any case, only the eastern districts would have been affected by invaders from over the Rhine, the chief seat of the Belgae proper being in the west, the country occupied by the Bellovaci, Ambiani and Atrebates, to which it is probable although the reading is uncertain that Caesar gives the distinctive name Belgium corresponding to the old provinces of Picardy and Artois.
Although measures had thus been taken to secure uniformity of observance, and to put an end to a controversy which had endangered Christian unity, a new difficulty had to be encountered owing to the absence of any authoritative rule by which the paschal moon was to be ascertained.
This function of the office, although it may not have been contemplated at first, is attested by the internal history of Rome. There are separate schools for whites and blacks, and the equipment and service are approximately equal, although the whites pay about nine-tenths of the school taxes.
Operations ceased during the Civil War, and although resumed soon after its close, they became somewhat desultory. Method 2. That would make the sentence a fragment. Watch out for sentence fragments. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Helpful 1 Not Helpful 1. Submit a Tip All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published. Related wikiHows How to. How to.
About This Article. Co-authored by:. Co-authors: 1. Updated: February 5, Categories: Correct Usage of Words. Therefore, it is a means of communicating a contrast or revealing when two things are in conflict. Example: Although the park was crowded, they had an awesome time. A contrast is used when your aim is to convey how two things are not alike, and a comparison is used to prove that two entities are the same or similar. However, it cannot be used to end a sentence. Example: Although it gives him heartburn, he loves Pepsi.
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