📅 Created: 24 May, 2023
🔄 Updated: 29 Nov, 2025

Find the correct use of 'although'- ?

Explanation

‘Although’ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāύ⧇āϟ āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇āĻ•āĻļāύ (subordinating conjunction), āϝāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§ŸāĻļāχ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ⧀ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϕ⧇ (independent clause + dependent clause) āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϰ⧀āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ ‘although’ āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āχ āϏāĻŦ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāϰ (comma) āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻ• āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻ–āύ ‘although’ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āϤ⧇ āφāϏ⧇āĨ¤ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϞ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϞ⧋:

āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ “He likes music although is always busy.”
āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ ‘although’–āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ ‘he’ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ ‘is’ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āϜāύ, āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž “although he is always busy” āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟ (subject) āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĒ⧜āĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ “We decided to return, Although, It was raining.”
āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ ‘Although’–āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧜ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ ‘It’ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻŽāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇, āϝāĻž āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻĄā§‡āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āύ⧟āĨ¤ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϰ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻšāϞ⧇ “Although it was raining, we decided to return.” āĻŦāĻž “We decided to return although it was raining.” āĻāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĨ¤

āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ “My grandfather is over 70, he is although active.”
āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ ‘although’ āϭ⧁āϞ āϜāĻžā§ŸāĻ—āĻžā§Ÿ āĻāϏ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ subordinating conjunction āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻ⧁āχāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ “although active” āĻāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻ•ā§āϞāϜ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĻāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĨ¤ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇, “Although my grandfather is over 70, he is very active.” āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ “Although he is young, he is very careful.”
āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ ‘although’–āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻžāĻŦ-āĻ•ā§āϞāϜ (he is young) āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŽāĻž, āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻ•ā§āϞāϜ (he is very careful)–āĻāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āχāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤāϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒ⧃āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤ young āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āĻ“ careful āĻāχ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ•ā§āϝ āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĢ⧁āĻŸā§‡ āωāϠ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

Summary:
‘Although’ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ subordinating conjunction–āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϏāĻŦ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ ‘although’ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āϤ⧇ āφāϏ⧇, āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāύāĨ¤ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϗ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĢ⧁āĻŸā§‡ āĻ“āϠ⧇, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ “Although he is young, he is very careful.”