标题: even though与although的区别 [打印本页] 作者: 葱花kdku 时间: 2017-9-28 15:45 标题: even though与although的区别 附题目：
Unlike the conviction held by many of her colleagues that genes were relatively simple and static, Barbara McClintock adhered to her own more complicated ideas about how genes might operate, and in 1983, at the age of 81, was awarded a Nobel Prize for her discovery that the genes in corn are capable of moving from one chromosomal site to another.
(A) Unlike the conviction held by many of her colleagues that genes were
(B) Although many of her colleagues were of the conviction of genes being
(C) Contrary to many of her colleagues being convinced that genes were
(D) Even though many of her colleagues were convinced that genes were
(E) Even with many of her colleagues convinced of genes being
排除其他可以筛选出来的错误，B选项although和D选项even though作为句子的开始都是可以的吗？
之前查CD说even though是不能放在句首的，但这道题的正确答案是D....所以比较晕even though和although这两个词真的有区别吗 <(￣3￣)> 。。。求牛人解答作者: AMBER513 时间: 2019-9-8 10:31
if "(al)though xxxx" PRECEDES the sentence, then "xxxx" can be either a complete sentence or an adjective/modifier.
e.g.,
(Al)though James has never been formally trained in medicine, he is able to identify a wide variety of maladies.
("although" + complete sentence; precedes the main sentence)
also see OG SC problem #39 (can't reproduce here)
(Al)though not formally trained in medicine, James is able to identify a wide variety of maladies.
("although" + adjective-type modifier; precedes the main sentence)
also see OG SC problem #48 (can't reproduce here)
• if "(al)though xxxx" INTERRUPTS the sentence, then "xxxx" should be only a modifier. in this case, "xxxx" should NOT be a complete sentence.
^^ this is something i discovered just now. despite trying, i wasn't able to make a good sentence that's interrupted by "(al)though + complete sentence". i can't guarantee that this is a "rule", though i can vouch for it with a reasonable degree of certainty.
e.g.,
if the interruption follows a noun, then you should have a modifier that describes the noun (adjective-type modifier):
Paula, though exhausted, managed to stay awake through her son's entire piano recital.
if the interruption follows a verb, you should have a modifier that describes the verb (adverb-type modifier):
Audrey just admitted, though inadvertently, how she really feels about her mother-in-law.
also see OG SC problem #36 (can't reproduce here)
if "although xxxx" FOLLOWS the sentence, then "xxxx" should be a complete sentence. in this case, "xxxx" should not be a modifier/adjective.
(i assume this construction is familiar enough to make examples unnecessary. if you need examples, just say so in a response)
^^ this one is what's relevant to the particular problem at hand. as with the idea above, this is another incidental "discovery" that i can't %100 guarantee is actually a "rule".
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and here's the weirdest discovery of all: if "though" (NOT "although") follows the sentence, it IS allowed to introduce a modifier.
in this case, the modifier should be an adverb-type modifier; in other words, it should describe the entire action that precedes it.
e.g.,
I wear swimsuits often, though never for actual swimming; I just lie out in the sun.
RON解释的although/though的用法作者: AMBER513 时间: 2019-9-8 10:32
even though must be followed by a clause作者: AMBER513 时间: 2019-9-8 10:37
B选项一方面显得有些wordy,另一方面although的逻辑在这里没有even though 那么合适，even though 单纯地表让步，而although有一种在承认后半句的时候否定前半句的意味
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