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In spite of, despite, even though, although,
though, what's the difference?

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I'm Arnel now from Arnel's Everyday
English and today we're going to look at

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these step by step.

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First, I'm going to make this easy. All of
these have the same meaning. They all

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show contrast. What is contrast? We have
black, white, big, small, healthy, sick.

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This is contrast. So what's the
difference? Well, the difference is in the

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grammatical structure. How we use it, and
formality. In spite of + noun or gerund.

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What's a gerund? It's a verb + that
ing. I went jogging in spite of the rain.

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Jogging? The rain? This shows contrast. It
means I didn't care about the rain, I

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still went jogging. In spite of being
underage, Tina went to a bar. Underage? Bar?

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That shows contrast, normally it doesn't
fit. A happens, B doesn't matter.

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Or vice versa. I went to work in spite of
my cold. Normally when people are sick

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they don't go to work. This shows
contrast. I got to work on time in spite

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of the bad traffic. Normally when there's
bad traffic, you don't get anywhere on

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time, this is a contrast. You can replace
in spite of with despite. Despite +

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noun or gerund.
I went jogging despite the rain. I don't

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care about the rain. Despite it being
underage, Tina went to a bar. She doesn't

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care about the age... laws. I went to work
despite my cold. I got to work on time

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despite the bad traffic. Typical mistake,
we do not use despite with of. In spite

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of. Despite of, is not correct. Choose in
spite of, or, despite. Grammar is just so

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exciting let's look at this in a bit
more detail! So, you can say in spite of,

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despite + noun or gerund. Another
option: in spite of/despite the fact that

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+ clause.
What's a clause? There's a subject and

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the verb. I absolutely love Disney
Princesses despite the fact that I'm 30.

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Contrast? Disney Princesses, 30. Although, even though. We can use although

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and even though in the front or mid
position just like in spite of and

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despite. Okay, so we have the front
position.

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Correct. And there's the mid-position.

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Also correct.
In spite of despite having a Chinese

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mother,
I don't speak any Mandarin. I don't speak

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any Mandarin in spite of/despite having
a Chinese mother, they're both the same.

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Even though/although Karin is only 12,
she's very mature. Karin is very mature

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even though/although she is only 12.
Although England is famous for drinking

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tea, many people love coffee.
There's my contrast, tea, coffee. I went to

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watch the new Superman film with my
friends, even though I really don't like

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those type of movies. Don't like, went to
see.You know, although the food

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wasn't very good we really enjoyed that
restaurant. So what's the difference

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between although and even though? The
definition is the same, but even though

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is stronger. It shows a greater contrast.
Although it's a little weaker. I bought a

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new pair of shoes even though I can't
afford it I had to use my credit card.

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What is can't afford? You don't have the
money. Can you believe it? John got the

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job even though he didn't have an
interview. I pretended to like the gift

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even though I didn't really. Though.
Though is more common in informal

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English, and many times it's used at the
end of a sentence. Yeah I had a good time

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at the restaurant,
I didn't like the food though.

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I didn't eat lunch, I did have an
apple though. I left work an hour early

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even though/although/though my boss told
me not to. Although? There's a contrast.

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Even though, strong contrast. Though,
informal spoken English. Fantastic,

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excellent. Thank you so much for watching
this video! In the comments give me a

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sentence showing contrast and don't
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