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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | when in fact |
| Synonyms: | because, considering, since, though, when, while |
| Main Entry: | although |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | even though |
| Synonyms: | admitting, albeit, despite, despite the fact, even if, even supposing, granting, granting all this, in spite of, much as, notwithstanding, still, supposing, though, when, whereas, while |
| Notes: | although and though are interchangeable as conjunctions, but to start a clause, use 'although' |
| Main Entry: | as |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | because |
| Synonyms: | as long as, being, cause, considering, for, for the reason that, inasmuch as, now, seeing that, since, whereas |
| Notes: | use 'like' when no verb follows; use 'as' when a clause follows (which has a subject and a verb) |
| Main Entry: | because |
| Part of Speech: | conjuction, preposition |
| Definition: | on account of |
| Synonyms: | as, as a result of, as long as, as things go, being, by cause of, by reason of, by virtue of, considering, due to, for, for the reason that, for the sake of, in as much as, in behalf of, in that, in the interest of, in view of, now that, on the grounds that, over, owing to, seeing, since, thanks to, through, whereas |
| Main Entry: | for |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | in consequence of the fact that |
| Synonyms: | as, as long as, because, being, considering, inasmuch as, now, since, whereas |
| Main Entry: | though |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | while |
| Synonyms: | albeit, allowing, although, but, despite, despite the fact, even if, even supposing, even though, granted, howbeit, if, much as, notwithstanding, when, whereas |
| Notes: | although and though are interchangeable as conjunctions, but to start a clause, use 'although' |
| Main Entry: | when |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | though |
| Synonyms: | albeit, although, at, at the same time, during, howbeit, immediately upon, just after, just as, meanwhile, much as, whereas, while |
| Main Entry: | while |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | even though |
| Synonyms: | albeit, although, howbeit, much as, though, when, whereas |
| Notes: | awhile is an adverb and so must occur as a modifier to a verb; while is a noun meaning 'period of time' |
| Main Entry: | since |
| Part of Speech: | adverb, conjunction, preposition |
| Definition: | in the time past; because |
| Synonyms: | after, afterward, ago, already, as, because, considering, for, from, hence, later, now, past, subsequently, therefore, whereas |
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