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Originally Posted by Barb_D  Hi -
The first sentence is fine. You show a condition that might lead you to think one thing, but in fact something else happened. You would expect someone who is tired to stay home, but he didn't .
The second sentence is okay grammatically, but not logially. If was able to foresee what would happen, you would EXPECT him to act. It would make more sense as "Although capable of foreseein what would happen, he did nothing."
Likewise, "Although she was beautiful, men found her attractive." Instead, "Although she was rather plain, men found her attractive." |
The second sentence seems illogical because it is out of context. You'll see that it does make sense in its context.
Although capable of foreseeing what would happen to him, he (Prometheus) decided to act.
Prometheus was punished by the gods because he had stolen the fire from them to give it to men. Since he could foresee the future, he already knew he would be punished, anyway he decided to steal the fire for the sake of mankind.
Is
although commonly used in this way? Is it a formal/literary style?