In spite of, despite, even though, although,
though, what's the difference? I'm Arnel now from Arnel's Everyday
English and today we're going to look at these step by step. First, I'm going to make this easy. All of
these have the same meaning. They all show contrast. What is contrast? We have
black, white, big, small, healthy, sick. This is contrast. So what's the
difference? Well, the difference is in the grammatical structure. How we use it, and
formality. In spite of + noun or gerund. What's a gerund? It's a verb + that
ing. I went jogging in spite of the rain. Jogging? The rain? This shows contrast. It
means I didn't care about the rain, I still went jogging. In spite of being
underage, Tina went to a bar. Underage? Bar? That shows contrast, normally it doesn't
fit. A happens, B doesn't matter. Or vice versa. I went to work in spite of
my cold. Normally when people are sick they don't go to work. This shows
contrast. I got to work on time in spite of the bad traffic. Normally when there's
bad traffic, you don't get anywhere on time, this is a contrast. You can replace
in spite of with despite. Despite + noun or gerund.
I went jogging despite the rain. I don't care about the rain. Despite it being
underage, Tina went to a bar. She doesn't care about the age... laws. I went to work
despite my cold. I got to work on time despite the bad traffic. Typical mistake,
we do not use despite with of. In spite of. Despite of, is not correct. Choose in
spite of, or, despite. Grammar is just so exciting let's look at this in a bit
more detail! So, you can say in spite of, despite + noun or gerund. Another
option: in spite of/despite the fact that + clause.
What's a clause? There's a subject and the verb. I absolutely love Disney
Princesses despite the fact that I'm 30. Contrast? Disney Princesses, 30. Although, even though. We can use although and even though in the front or mid
position just like in spite of and despite. Okay, so we have the front
position. Correct. And there's the mid-position. Also correct.
In spite of despite having a Chinese mother,
I don't speak any Mandarin. I don't speak any Mandarin in spite of/despite having
a Chinese mother, they're both the same. Even though/although Karin is only 12,
she's very mature. Karin is very mature even though/although she is only 12.
Although England is famous for drinking tea, many people love coffee.
There's my contrast, tea, coffee. I went to watch the new Superman film with my
friends, even though I really don't like those type of movies. Don't like, went to
see.You know, although the food wasn't very good we really enjoyed that
restaurant. So what's the difference between although and even though? The
definition is the same, but even though is stronger. It shows a greater contrast.
Although it's a little weaker. I bought a new pair of shoes even though I can't
afford it I had to use my credit card. What is can't afford? You don't have the
money. Can you believe it? John got the job even though he didn't have an
interview. I pretended to like the gift even though I didn't really. Though.
Though is more common in informal English, and many times it's used at the
end of a sentence. Yeah I had a good time at the restaurant,
I didn't like the food though. I didn't eat lunch, I did have an
apple though. I left work an hour early even though/although/though my boss told
me not to. Although? There's a contrast. Even though, strong contrast. Though,
informal spoken English. Fantastic, excellent. Thank you so much for watching
this video! In the comments give me a sentence showing contrast and don't
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