LINKING WORDS Contrasting Ideas

CONTRASTING IDEAS
 However, Nevertheless:
We use them for contrasting two ideas in two separate sentences.
• Their team hadn’t lost a game the entire season. Nevertheless, we beat them
by a huge margin last night.
• He works hard. However, he doesn't earn much.

** But is more informal than however. It is normally used in a sentence.

• He works hard, but he doesn't earn much.
 although, even though, despite, in spite of:
We use them for contrasting two ideas in a sentence. So, with these words,
you need to have two halves of a sentence.
• Although it was cold, she went out in shorts.
• Even though he never completed college, he runs a successful software
company.
• I still enjoyed the week despite the weather.
• In spite of his injury, Ricardo will play in Saturday’s game.
** Despite and in spite of must be followed by a noun. If you want to follow
them with a noun and a verb, you must use the fact that.
• Despite the fact that the company was doing badly, they took on extra
employees.
 on the other hand:
It is used in a way that is different from the first thing you mentioned.
• John likes classical music .Mary, on the other hand, likes all kinds.