USE OF ALTHOUGH

He is an honest man. He is poor. (Use ‘Although’)

Answer: Although he is poor, he is an honest man.

They will come. They have no car. (Use ‘Although’)

Answer: Although they have no car, they will come.

Della and Jim seem to be two foolish children in a flat. They are the magi of the modern age. (Use ‘Although’)

Answer: Although Della and Jim seem to be two foolish children in a flat, they are the magi of the modern age.

He is a boy. He can do the work of a man. (Use ‘Although’)

Answer: Although he is a boy, he can do the work of a man.

Her eyes were shining brilliantly. But her face had lost its colour with in twenty seconds. (Use ‘though’)

Answer: Though her eyes were shining brilliantly, her face had lost its colour with in twenty seconds.

I knew I could not afford caviare. But I could not very well tell her that. (Use ‘though’)

Answer: Though I knew I could not afford caviare, I could not very well tell her that.

There was water everywhere around them. They had not a drop to drink. (Use ‘Although’)

Answer: Although there was water everywhere around them, they had not a drop to drink.

It is difficult to explain. But it exists. (Use ‘Although’)

Answer: Although it is difficult to explain, it exists.

He dug a deeper hole and steadied it. He came himself by a short cut over the bank. (Use ‘Although’)

Answer: He dug a deeper hole and steadied it although he came himself by a short cut over the bank.

They had sailed away to the south. The sea was frozen and the ice was all around them. (Use ‘Although’)

Answer: They had sailed away to the south although the sea was frozen and the ice was all around.

In the vestibule below was a letter box. No letter would go into it. (Use ‘Although’)

Answer: Although there was a letter box in the vestibule below, no letter would go into it.

He is rich. He is unhappy. (Use ‘Although’)

Answer: Although he is rich, he is unhappy.

It rained heavily. He went out without an umbrella. (Use ‘Although’)

Answer: Although it rained heavily, he went out without an umbrella.