If You Don’t Know
One of my junior high school students asked me this week, “How do I use ‘if’?” There are four main ways, as I’ll explain below.
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Even If and Even Though
A lot of false shortcuts are taught to English students. Lots of words and phrases are said to be “the same” because it is quicker to teach them to beginning and intermediate learners without explaining them. ‘Even if’ and ‘even though’ are not the same but teachers often say they are. In this first example, … [Read more…]