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Difference between although and though.

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Hamza  #423326  Tue, 25 Sep 07 09:50 AM
What is the difference between although and though??
  
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Cool Breeze  #423341  Tue, 25 Sep 07 10:44 AM
There isn't much difference. Many prefer although at the beginning of a sentence:

Although I asked him, he didn't come.

But both are fine here:

He didn't come though/although I asked him.

I wouldn't say that though is wrong even in the first sentence but although is probably more common.

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Yigitce  #423366  Tue, 25 Sep 07 12:41 PM

though could be used at the end of the sentence after (,) but although cannot.

He studied till midnight. He couldn't finish the task, though.

  
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Yoong Liat  #423536  Tue, 25 Sep 07 07:25 PM
'though' is the same as 'although' (Times-Chambers Essential English Dictionary)
  
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CalifJim  #423546  Tue, 25 Sep 07 08:08 PM
You can say though at the end of a sentence to mean approximately the same as but at the beginning, but although can't be used that way.

He's very smart.  He's not a genius, though.

You can say as though, but not as although, to mean as if in discussing similarities.

He acted as though he were dreaming.

You can say even though, but not even although, to mean despite the fact that.

Even though he was nervous, he gave the speech without a mistake.

In most other situations, although and though are equivalent.

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