Linking Words of Contrast & Concession - English Grammar Lesson

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I have seen many teachers on youtube but not such a teacher have I seen. I admired your lesson on cause and effect relationship and I do admire this lesson on contrast and concession. Being a teacher, myself, I like the way you link subordinating conjunctions, coordinating conjunctions, prepositions and conjunctive adverbs with their different functions. In short, I like you thrice; as a successful teacher, as a modest woman and as a sister in humanity.

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It is great to learn the subtleties in using those linking words together with the punctuation.

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Hi Minou, The lesson is really helpful and useful. I`m now feel confident of how to structure my sentences of " concession & contrast " properly. You`re indeed an experienced and top English teacher. Hats off to you. Would you kindly add to your lists the use of the two phrases " That being said & Having said that " for your next video lessons. Thanking you once again. All the best, Fazil

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Hello Fazil, I'm glad you've enjoyed this lesson. The two expressions you have mentioned work in the same way as 'however' for concession. They prepare the listener for a contradiction to what the speaker has just said.

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Could u text me what is contrast and concession. I can't understand even though I read in dictionary

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@@benmacdormatt7773 Contrast means opposite ideas ...bright and dark. Same is concession 'deduction' ...opposite signs get subtracted.

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Thank you for your beautifully constructed comments! Indeed, I could have included 'notwithstanding' in the lesson, but I felt it was too formal and not common enough to merit a mention.

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Thank you very much for your positive feedback, Jose. I've made a note of your request; however, I'm still focusing mainly on speaking skills. When I finally get round to doing lessons on writing skills, I'll cover punctuation as well. I hope that, in the mean time, you can find some good lessons on writing skills by other online teachers.

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Thank you! I have checked several references, but I cannot find a consistent rule regarding the punctuation for 'while' and 'whereas'. Personally, I would treat it like 'although': If the sentence starts with one of these two, separate with a comma. If they're in the middle, don't.

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Thank you! Currently, I have one other lesson on Linking Words. You will find it on the Anglo-Link channel.

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Hello Siva, I'm glad this lesson has been helpful to you. In these sentences, the nouns 'a man' and 'people' have been replaced by their respective pronouns: A man that (He that) is .... People that (They that) touch ... This is only common in literature and poetry though.

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I'm glad you've enjoyed this lesson, Nasher. If you want to use your vocabulary actively (while speaking), you must do two things: 1.Learn it in context, ideally your own context. However, it doesn't have to be a whole sentence. A short phrase will do as well. 2. Repeat the phrase out loud, ideally after a model, so you don't make pronunciation mistakes. So, as you read, write out the words that you want to learn, put them in a phrase or sentence that is meaningful and memorable for you, check and practise the pronunciation of the new word using an online dictionary, and finally repeat the phrases to yourself out loud. I hope this helps a little.

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You're welcome, Nasher. One other thing: No matter how large your repertoire of active vocabulary becomes, the most important thing is to not to tense up or worry about mistakes before you speak. Stay confident, and relax about possible mistakes or hesitations. Everyone experiences blank moments, even native speakers. Let me know how you get on.

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Thanks a lot for your lesson, Ms Minoo. By the way, could you explain a bit the usage of "On the contrary", "On the other hand"? Do they indicate a contrast or a concession? I am wondering whether or not it can be used interechangeably with the ones brought up in this video.

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You're very welcome. 'on the contrary' introduces neither a concession nor a contrast. It negates the previous statement. 'on the other hand' can be used to express a contrast in the same way as 'while' and 'whereas' do.

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There is no difference, Hesam. 'and yet' emphasises the contrast more.

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It's their responsibility ... Thank you for not getting fed up WITH me.

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Thanks dear teacher for sharing these amazing videos. Could you please tell me what 'reasonably price' means? And, why do you use 'causing' instead of 'cause' in the following sentences? "The employee was promoted in spite of his mistakes causing so many problems."

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You're most welcome. 'reasonably priced' means that the price reflects the value and is affordable. After a preposition, the verb always take the 'ing' form, even if there is a noun between them: without causing / for causing / in spite of causing >> in spite of the mistake causing

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So many thanks for your reply. I want to use pronoun or noun before gerund in the following sentence, is it correct? "In spite of it/its/league team losing today, we will always support you, be proud of you, and remain your biggest fans forever." AND In note 1, at 9:41 duration of videos you said " when the subject of two clause are different" in spite of saying "are not different. Maybe it was typo error.

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Thank you! As for indefinite pronouns: Use them in the same way as you use 'some (positive), not any (negative), no (negative) and every (all). The key point with these is to use a singular verb with them: Is anybody / somebody working? Yes, somebody is working. / Yes, everybody is working. No, nobody is working.

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Thank you, Haider, for your suggestion.

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Does sequence of tense rule applicable to co-ordinating clauses.Madam?

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What about sentence adverbs. Thanks!!

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Hello Noor, I'm glad you've enjoyed my lessons. Many of my colleagues have published videos on how to speak like a native speaker. I feel my contribution will not add any value to those. Besides, I don't think it is important to sound like a native speaker. After all, there are hundreds of 'native speaker' accents. How to choose which one to teach or to learn? For me, the priorities are: a) to understand the most common 'native speaker' accents, which you seem to do; b) to pronounce correctly and clearly enough that everyone understands you easily. With my students, I focus on improving their listening comprehension and on correcting pronunciation mistakes that make them hard to understand.

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Hello Sebastien, I'm glad you've enjoyed this lesson. No, as much as I like Cumberbatch, it's not my type of movie.

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Dear Minoo, Thanks a lot for your great lessons and I wish you a happy new year with lots of donation and more lovely courses. I would like to ask you some clarifications about the use of "Mean while" expression. Best regards! Hicham

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Happy New Year to you to, Hicham. 'meanwhile' (one word) means 'at the same time as the other action that I've just spoken about': We must wait another hour for dinner. Meanwhile, we can play cards.

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[@thomasjoseph5174]

nice explanation madam. could u please explain can we use a comma before although if there is two directly contrasting information? eg. He is short, although his brother is tall. I saw this type of usage of comma with subordinating conjunctions. that's why.. please reply me

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Thank you, Thomas. Yes, you will come across 'although' used after a comma to show a contrast, performing the same function as 'whereas' or 'while'. However, the most common use of 'although' is to express a concession.

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Thank you Minoo, I didn't do too badly; therefore, my English must be improving.

[@AngloLinkEnglish]

I'm glad to read that, Steve. Your English is indeed improving, as demonstrated by your comment!

[@StevePhillips]

Thank you! My letters are also looking better. Shame I didn't find you before I published my books; I made this free website, which was easy to design and build only took one evening; asnp03.wixsite.com/mysite-1

[@karankhurana4]

Thank you teacher.The lesson is great and helpful.Do you have any lesson on nouns, adverbs etc.......??

[@AngloLinkEnglish]

You're very welcome. No, I don't have any lessons specifically on parts of speech.

[@benalexender3046]

thanks from Egypt