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Contast subordinators:
The meaning of whereas and while tends to be a fairly easy concept for most students to grasp, yet they may have some trouble with using them. After all, there really aren't a lot of situations where a person writes about things that are direct opposites like hot/cold, old/young, big/small, etc.. so such sentences seem a bit contrived. Instead, I find it helpful to ask students to think about it more like positive and negative. Thus these subs work well in examples like... Whereas/while Tom likes Jessica, she doesn't like him. ...or Jessica is working hard while Tom is not.
Unexpected subordinators:
Many grammar books categorize these subordinators within the contrast group though this is actually a bit of a misnomer when we consider their true meaning. In the example below... Although it was very cold outside, Tom went swimming at the beach. ...the opposite of cold clearly isn't swimming at the beach. It's more accurate to say that we do not expect Tom to go swimming if the weather is so cold. Thus, these subordinators denote outcomes/actions we don't expect to happen. Next up... Condition subordinators. |
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