Contrast

Contrast/Concessive Links

	./,	But/yet
Main Clause			Noun Phrase/clause

In Spite of		,
Despite
	Noun Phrase /gerund

	in spite of
	despite
		Noun Phrase/gerund

Although		,
Though
Even though
In spite of the fact that
	Clause		Main clause

	although
	though
	even thouh/ even  if
	in spite of the fact that
Main clause		Clause

	./;	However	.
		Nevertheless
		Even so
		On the contrary
Main clause				Clause

On the one hand	,		.	On the other hand	,
		Sentence				Sentence

	,	while
		whereas
Main Clause			Clause

While
Whereas
	Clause	Main Clause

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Exercises 2

COMPARE AND CONTRAST ESSAY

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