Although & Despite

[Tdol]

Why?

[blacknomi]

My vote goes for Despite.


'Although' acts as a connective, and it introduced adverbial clause instead of a gerund. Do I make sense? :)

[blacknomi]

How about this?

Feeling sick, she continued working.

[Tdol]

It works. Just about.

[blacknomi]

Gotcha.

despite

[Tdol]

Correct- 'despite' can go with a gerund.

[bradaman]

Originally Posted by blacknomi

How about this?

I'm new here, it's my first attempt...
I thought that only some linkers (because, after/before, if and when/while)could be turned into participle clauses.

[Fazzu]

Originally Posted by tdol

Correct- 'despite' can go with a gerund.

So, 'although' would not go with gerund?

[Tdol]

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.