{"id":72141,"date":"2019-09-15T16:59:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T16:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72141"},"modified":"2019-09-15T16:59:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T16:59:23","slug":"verb-patterns-with-as-and-though","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/verb-patterns-with-as-and-though\/","title":{"rendered":"Verb Patterns With As And Though"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As and though can both be used after an adjective or an adverb. In this case, they mean although<\/i>.<\/p>\n
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  • Hot as<\/b> it was, we decided to go out. OR Hot though <\/b>it was, we decided to go out. (= Although it was hot, we decided to go out.)<\/li>\n
  • Tired as<\/b> she was, she continued to work. OR Tired though<\/b> she was, she continued to work. (= Although she was tired, she continued to work.)<\/li>\n
  • Clever as<\/b> he was, he could not solve the problem. OR Clever though <\/b>he was, he could not solve the problem. (= Although he was clever, he could not solve the problem.)<\/li>\n
  • Strange though<\/b> it may seem, I don\u2019t like to listen to music. OR Strange as <\/b>it may seem, I don\u2019t like to listen to music. (= Although it may seem strange, I don\u2019t like to listen to music.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    In American English, these structures aren\u2019t very common. Instead, Americans prefer using the structure as—as<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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    • As hot as it was<\/b>, we decided to go out. (= Although it was hot, we decided to go out.)<\/li>\n
    • As beautiful as she is<\/b>, she is not very popular among her friends. (= Although she is beautiful, she is not very popular among her friends.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Occasionally as <\/b>can be used in this construction to mean because<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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      • Disturbed as<\/b> she was, I decided to leave her alone. (= Because she was disturbed, I decided to leave her alone.) (NOT Although she was disturbed, I decided to leave her alone.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Note that though<\/b> cannot mean because<\/i> in this construction.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        As and though can both be used after an adjective or an adverb. In this case, they mean although. Hot as it was, we decided to go out. OR Hot though it was, we...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[1280,1290,1257,1291],"class_list":["post-72141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","tag-as","tag-as-vs-though","tag-though","tag-verb-patterns-with-as"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72142,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72141\/revisions\/72142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}