Contrastive Conjunction

Conjunctions adalah kata yang menghubungkan satu gagasan atau informasi dengan gagasan atau informasi
lainnya.

Tujuan menggunakan conjunctions yaitu membuat tulisan atau pembicaraan menjadi mengalir. Dengan begitu,
gagasan dapat disampaikan secara runtut.

Contrastive conjunction adalah konjungsi (kata penghubung) yang menghubungkan dua hal yang bertentangan atau
berbeda.

Contoh penggunaan contrastive conjunction.

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Though Meskipun sering digunakan dalam Though + Clause 1 (Subject + Verb) + Clause 2 (Subject + Verb)
Although walaupun percakapan informal
Even though Clause 1 (Subject + Verb) + though + Clause 2 (Subject + Verb)

 Though she is allowed to stay up late on the weekend, she decided to go to bed early.
 She decided to go to bed early, though she is allowed to stay up late on the weekend
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Yet / But Tetapi digunakan dalam Clause 1 (Subject + Verb) + yet / but + Clause 2 (Subject + Verb)
percakapan sehari-hari.

 This selling strategy is not very promising, yet they still want to try it.

Despite / In meskipun, cukup formal, sehingga Clause (Subject + Verb) + despite + Noun / Noun Phrase
spite of walaupun, sering digunakan dalam
atau terlepas tulisan atau pembicaraan Despite + Noun / Noun Phrase + Clause (Subject + Verb)
dari yang sifatnya formal.
Clause (Subject + Verb) + in spite of + Noun / Noun Phrase

In spite of + Noun / Noun Phrase + Clause (Subject + Verb)

 Despite his achievements in school, John was barely appreciated by his parents.
 We achieved this year’s selling target, in spite of the lack of support from the team
leader.

Nevertheless Walaupun digunakan untuk Sentence 1 (Subject + Verb). Nevertheless + Sentence 2 (Subject + Verb).
begitu menghubungkan dua
Bagaimanapu kalimat yang berbeda.
n juga
 The Government has established a policy related to public health insurance since
2019. Nevertheless, the rate of people who have not applied to public health
insurance is still concerning.

However Tetapi memiliki fungsi yang Sentence 1 (Subject + Verb). However + Sentence 2 (Subject + Verb).
Namun sama seperti but. Namun
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Bagaimanapu kata ini hanya digunakan
n juga di awal kalimat.

 This evidence points clearly to an increase of domestic violence rate during the
pandemic. However, the health emergency protocols limited the movement of the
authorities.

Exercise

Buatlah kalimat dengan tema konteks kehidupan sehari-hari di sekolah dengan menggunakan:

1. Though
2. Although
3. Even though
4. But
5. Yet
6. Despite
7. In spite of
8. Nevertheless
9. However

Dikerjakan di kertas.

Dikumpulkan di meja bu utik.

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