Although or however

It's easy to confuse although and however because they're both used to show a contrast between ideas. But they aren't the same kind of word. Although is used to start a dependent clause (DC). However is used to link two independent clauses (IC) that have a full stop between them.

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1. I feel extremely tired, I went to bed early last night.

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2. I left on time; , heavy traffic caused me to be late.

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3. I'm running a little late with the speech; , I expect to finish it by this afternoon.

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4. They're still going camping, it will be raining all weekend.

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5. James made the basket, he is much shorter than his one-on-one opponent, John.

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6. We will have lunch outside. , we will move inside in the event of rain.

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7. Marie speaks English well, her first language is French.

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8. Marie speaks English well; her first language, , is French.

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9. David loves Bollywood movies, he doesn't speak Hindi.

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10. We will have to move; the rent is good, the apartment is in poor repair.

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