All 8 Uses
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Flags of Our Fathers
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- She liked Jack, although she wasn't quite sure whether he liked her back or just liked her: Sometimes in class she was obliged to pass along notes that he had written for the inconvenient Janet Jones.†
Chpt 2.although = even though -- used to connect contrasting ideas
- Although this is his first year in Weslaco High School and his first year of athletics, he is probably one of the more natural athletes in the Valley.†
Chpt 2.
- But not because of his ferocity in combat—although he was a cool and deadly fighter.†
Chpt 2.
- The Japanese attitude of superiority is evident in a document from the Imperial Rule Assistance Association entitled "Basic Concepts of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere": "Although we use the expression 'Asian Cooperation,' this by no means ignores the fact that Japan was created by the Gods or posits an automatic racial equality."†
Chpt 3.
- The American high command pinpointed this objective later, in the fall of 1944, although its location and identity would remain top-secret: an ugly little scab of rock and volcano six hundred miles south of the Japanese islands.†
Chpt 5.
- Although the Marines generally warned their troops against forging too many friendships—knowing that combat would rip huge, heartbreaking holes in these networks—the Corps recommended that each man identify one other who would be his close ally, eyes and ears, his alter ego in combat.†
Chpt 5.
- He was busy almost from the moment he touched land—although his fellow medic Cliff Langley was busy even sooner.†
Chpt 7. *
- Although terrifying, these charges at least exposed the Japanese soldiers to the Marines' gun sights; usually, the attackers lost many more men than the defenders.†
Chpt 8.
Definitions:
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(1)
(although) even though -- used to introduce an idea that contrasts with or makes the main statement surprisingAt the start of a sentence, although can play a role similar to words like however, yet, still, even so, on the other hand, or nonetheless—all of which signal contrast. In the middle of a sentence, although can sometimes be used where but or though might also work, but though or but often sound more natural. For example, "She's a great teacher, though not the most popular" is usually smoother than "She's a great teacher, although not the most popular."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)