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down to business because today we are going to talk about but and although
it's a very important lesson so make sure to grab a piece of paper a pen or a
pencil or your phone and take some notes nice now the first thing you need to
know is both but and Although are conjunctions and you can use them to
give the idea of contrast however but and Although will be used in different parts
of your phrases okay of your clauses and the idea is also a little bit
different so here the first thing you need to know they both can describe the
idea of contrast they connect phrases okay they connect two clauses and they
are going to give you the idea of contrast however this idea of contrast
is a little bit different between but and although and the position is also a
little bit different so these two things are very important and that's what I
want to show you in today's lesson now let's take a look at but we use but to
show a contrast as I said but it's an unexpected result or is a result that
contrasts your expectation it's a result in contrast to our expectation to
something we wanted okay another important thing is that but we usually
connect two phrases that are in the same a grammatical type so this is very
important present and past and past so this is very common
when you use but connecting phrases that are in the same grammatical type okay so
here we have the sequence so you have the main idea phrase one the the one
idea the important idea of your phrase the main idea and then you have the but
phrase okay the contrast clause alright for example I like sports that's the
main idea clause one phrase one now I will contrast and I will start with but
I like sports but I don't have time to practice so this is a contrast this is
an unexpected result well you like sports so you should practice but I don't have
time so this is always the position of but you start with the main idea clause
one and then you include but and the contrast but I don't have time now the
next example my last weekend was busy simple past my last weekend was busy but
I could get some rest so you said it was busy so I imagine you wouldn't have time
to rest but you did you had time to rest so the second phrase will always
contrast the first one it's always an unexpected result if you're busy you
don't really have time to rest but here the person could my last weekend was
busy but I could get some rest now again this is the position of but you have the
main idea and then you have the the contrast idea with but moving on my
friends now although although is a different kind of conjunction okay you
will use although to show a situation that has a surprising result okay so here remember
that but is usually an unexpected result you are not expecting but here it's kind
of a surprising result okay and you will connect two sentences to now here's
where it gets interesting you have the main idea phrase one
the main idea of your sentence and then you will have a second clause the
contrast clause that you will connect with although for example I had a great
time with my family although it rained all weekend so I had a great time with
my family now comes the surprise although it
rained all weekend so here you can observe that there is an example before
this one and I am changing the position this is possible with although that's a
big difference between although and but but you cannot start a sentence
with but and here with although you can play with the position you can start
with the contrast phrase with the contrast clause and then say the main
idea clause so here although it rained all weekend I
had a great time with my family so you see I started with the surprising clause
with the contrast clause and then I went to the main idea I had a great time with
my family or I can start with the main idea I had a great time with my family
although it rained all weekend okay so it has a surprising result because if
it's raining on weekend it's kind of hard to imagine that you're going to
have any spectacular time with your family going out but I don't give
details here okay so this is the idea of although and you see the position changes a
little bit now as I told you but and although are conjunctions but they are
used in different ways as I told you before I cannot start with but the same
way I can start with although so it rained a lot but we still had a great
time I cannot say but it rained a lot we still had a great time you can't do that
it's not possible only with although you can play with main idea and contrast or
contrast main idea okay with but you cannot do that all right
so although is the best option if you wanna invert the position of the
sentences start with the contrast and then go to main idea or you start with
main idea and then go to contrast with although so here although it rained a
lot we still had a great time we still had a great time although it rained a
lot now an important thing Although can sound a little bit more formal
in spoken language although is very commonly used in writing okay when
you're writing something however you can you will listen to people using although in
conversations and you can use but in conversations too it's okay now though
which is a variation of although is very popular in spoken language and it
has pretty much the same idea of Although okay so this is something for you to pay
attention many English learners use but-but-but-but all the time so try
changing a little bit and using although just pay attention at the sequence you
are going to use it gives the idea of a surprising result and but gives the idea
of an unexpected result and but has a little bit of a limitation here when it
comes to the position you always have to start with the main idea and then you go
and complement the idea with the contrast with the but sentence okay
now although is very common people use although it is more common in writing
but you will listen to a lot of native speakers in movies videos conferences
meetings using although in conversations as well but if you want a little bit
more informal version you can use though no problems excellent my friends your
homework of today is to write two phrases one will use although the other
will use but so you have to write two examples one with but and one with
although if you have any questions you can always post in the comments and I'll be
more than glad to help you other than that my friends I forgot to say it but
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