Although vs. Though -- Only depending on position?

[Jon]

Hello,

In the sentence: "It was ok, but not very nice though"

It is mandatory to use though instead of although

What is the grammar rule if extist??

thks

[Yankee]

Hi Alumn@

No, you cannot use although at the end of a sentence.

Both though and although can be used as conjunctions to introduce a subordinate clause. The meaning is 'in spite of the fact that'.

Though can also be used as an adverb at the end of a sentence. In this case, the meaning is similar to 'however'.
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[Mister Micawber]

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In your sentence, 'though' is an adverb. 'Although' does not serve that function.

As conjunctions, the American Heritage Dictionary has this to say:

As conjunctions, 'although' and 'though' are generally interchangeable: 'Although' (or 'though') she smiled, she was angry'. 'Although' is usually placed at the beginning of its clause (as in the preceding example), whereas 'though' may occur elsewhere and is the more common term when used to link words or phrases, as in 'wiser though poorer'. In certain constructions, only 'though' is acceptable: 'Fond though (not 'although') I am of sports, I'd rather not sit through another basketball game'.
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[Jon]

Good explanation ! Thanks

What about next sentence?

"We enjoy it despite the accident we had"

According the grammar i read we can't use although instead of despite here, but we can do it in the next sentence:

"We enjoy it despite we had the accident"

Please could you confrm:
1. Both sentences above are correct
2. We can't use although in the first one sentence

Thanks a lot !![/b]

[Edison_Chen_e_c]

<despite>: a preposition, which must be followed by a noun or proun.

We enjoy it despite the accident (we had).
despite: prep
the accident: noun
we had: relative clause omitting relative proun

Although, though can't be prepositions and they can't be here. Yet they can be being between two "clauses".
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We enjoy it despite we had the accident.

Is it correct? As I know 'despite' cannot be a preposition. Any ideas?

[Yankee]

[Jon]

I agree with your nice explanation...

In fact The second sentence was my mistake, because of the copy&paste..

The correct one should be:

"We enjoy it although we had the accident"

just to show the difference in use betwen although/despite

regards !!

[Edison_Chen_e_c]

[Edison_Chen_e_c]

<add>:
An infinitive and a noun clause can be the objects of a verb, yet can they be those of a preposition?