Can You Start a Sentence With Even Though

A question from Raphael Gorgy:
I take a lilliputian question about though. I'chiliad non certain of its many meanings. Sometimes it is in the heart of a sentence and sometimes at the terminate of a sentence and I get confused.

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George Pickering answers:
Thank you Raphael for your interesting question.

Yep, it'south true, you can put though at the beginning, in the heart and at the end of sentences.

We can utilize though, and although, or fifty-fifty though at the beginning of a subordinate clause to mark a contrast with the thought in the main clause. For example:
'Even though he didn't have much time, he stopped to help the former lady.'

Nosotros tin can change the order of the two clauses and say:
'He stopped to help the old lady, even though he didn't have much time.'

In these examples, though means 'despite the fact that'.

We can likewise put though at the end of the contrasting clause. For example:
'I still notice English hard to understand; I tin can empathise more than last twelvemonth, though!'

When placed at the end of a sentence like this, though means 'nevertheless' or 'however'.

George Pickering is an educational coach, consultant and trainer. He is an acquaintance tutor at the University of Sheffield, and a British Council inspector of language schools in the UK.

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