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29 although and though

(al)though + clause, + clause
clause, + (al)though + clause
clause + though

1. Both these words can be used as conjunctions. They mean the same.
Though is informal.
(Al)though | don't agree with him, | think he’s honest.
She went on walking, (al)though she was terribly tired.
[ll talk to him, (although | don't think it'll do any good.
We use even though to emphasize a contrast. (Even although is not
possible.)
Even though | didn't understand the words, | knew what he wanted.

2 Wecanuse though to mean ‘however’. {t usually comes at the end of a
sentence in informal speech.
‘Nice day.’ ‘Yes. Bit cold, though.’
[> For the difference between even and even though, see 114.4.
For even though and even so, see 114.4, 5. For as though, see 49.

30 among and between

1 We say that somebody/something is between two or more clearly
separate people or things.
We use among when somebody/something is in a group, a crowd ora
mass of people or things, which we do not see separately. Compare:
She was standing between Alice and Mary.
She was standing among a crowd of children.
Our house is between the wood, the river and the village.
His house is hidden among the trees.

2A Al
BETWEEN

2 Weuse between to say that there are things (or groups of things) on two
sides.
a little valley between high mountains
i saw something between the wheels of the car.