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Reply With QuoteMy vote goes for Despite.
'Although' acts as a connective, and it introduced adverbial clause instead of a gerund. Do I make sense? :)
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- 29-Aug-2004, 17:06 #1
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Although & Despite Why?
- 30-Aug-2004, 07:52 #2
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- 30-Aug-2004, 07:54 #3
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Re: Although & Despite How about this?
Feeling sick, she continued working.
- 30-Aug-2004, 22:23 #4
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It works. Just about.
- 31-Aug-2004, 14:04 #5
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Gotcha.
- 11-Sep-2004, 21:01 #6Abold Guest
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- 17-Oct-2004, 17:45 #7
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Correct- 'despite' can go with a gerund.
- 10-Nov-2004, 23:17 #8
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Re: Although & Despite I'm new here, it's my first attempt...
Originally Posted by blacknomi
I thought that only some linkers (because, after/before, if and when/while)could be turned into participle clauses.
- 04-Jul-2006, 10:42 #9
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Re: Although & Despite So, 'although' would not go with gerund? Originally Posted by tdol Correct- 'despite' can go with a gerund.
- 05-Jul-2006, 08:23 #10
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Re: Although & Despite Although could go with a gerund if it were part of a complete clause:
Although going to the cinema seemed a nice idea, we decided to stay at home.
Although goes with clauses or adjectives, but doesn't fit into thie example in the poll.
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