All 7 Uses of
although
in
The Tipping Point
- Although they may sound as if they don't have very much in common, they share a basic, underlying pattern.†
Chpt Intr. *although = even though; or but (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- His name was Nushawn Williams, although he also went by the names "Face,"†
Chpt 1
- The answer is that although most of us don't look at prices, every retailer knows that a very small number of people do, and if they find something amiss — a promotion that's not really a promotion — they'll do something about it.†
Chpt 2
- "A Maven is someone who wants to solve other people's problems, generally by solving his own," Alpert said, which is true, although what I suspect is that the opposite is also true, that a Maven is someone who solves his own problems — his own emotional needs — by solving other people's problems.†
Chpt 2
- If you show people pictures of a smiling face or a frowning face, they'll smile or frown back, although perhaps only in muscular changes so fleeting that they can only be captured with electronic sensors.†
Chpt 2
- Although it is probably more romantic to cast this process as one of interpersonal revelation and acceptance, it can also be appreciated as a necessary precursor to transactive memory.†
Chpt 5
- He said that he did not want to die, although he knew he was risking death.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
even though; or but
(Used to connect contrasting ideas. At the start of a sentence, other synonyms could include words and phrases such as however, yet, all the same, on the other hand, still, even so, and nonetheless.)
(Used to connect contrasting ideas. At the start of a sentence, other synonyms could include words and phrases such as however, yet, all the same, on the other hand, still, even so, and nonetheless.)