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Old 26-Jul-2007, 07:45
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Default Re: Advice

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Originally Posted by Ira Bernauli View Post
Please advise me the difference between although, despite and however as i know that all of them have same meaning.

Thanks for your reply.

Bregards/Ira
Despite the weather, we continued our trip.
Despite the weather being grim, we continued our trip.
despite is a preposition

Although the weather was lousy, we (still) continued our trip.
although is a conjunction

We continued our trip; however, the weather was lousy.
We continued our trip. However, the weather was lousy.
however is an adverbial
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