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Mind Map by LOURDES LORENA PÉREZ RIVAS, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by LOURDES LORENA PÉREZ RIVAS
almost 4 years ago
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Clauses and Phrases Showing Contrast and Exception
- Contrast: to compare in order to show unlikeness or
differences: an obvious difference between two or more
things
- WHILE:
during the
time that, or
at the same
time as
- While the typical Italian person thinks school is boring, the typical Japanese person doesn’t.
While women tend to go to the restroom with friends, men normally go on their own
- While the typical Italian person thinks school is boring, the typical Japanese person doesn’t.
While women tend to go to the restroom with friends, men normally go on their own
- UNLIKE:
different from,
not typical or
charateristic
- Unlike the Japanese, Italians seem to drink a lot of bottled water.
Unlike Mexicans, Canadians take off their shoes when they enter
someone ́s homes.
- Unlike the Japanese, Italians seem to drink a lot of bottled water.
Unlike Mexicans, Canadians take off their shoes when they enter
someone ́s homes.
- IN CONTRAST TO:
to show that you
are mentioning a
very different
situation from the
one you have just
mentioned.
- In contrast to Italian drivers, Japanese people drive on the left.
In contrast to people from Jalisco, people from Mexico city
don ́t eat tortas ahogadas.
- In contrast to Italian drivers, Japanese people drive on the left.
In contrast to people from Jalisco, people from Mexico city
don ́t eat tortas ahogadas.
- WHILE:
during the
time that, or
at the same
time as
- Exception: someone or something that is not
included in a rule, group, or list or that does not
behave in the expected way
- EXCEPT THAT: used
to give a reason why
something is not
possible or true
- Jason likes Italian
food, except that he
doesn't eat ravioli.
- Jason likes Italian
food, except that he
doesn't eat ravioli.
- EXCEPT FOR: to introduce an
exception to a generalization
- Many Americans like Mexican food, except for food with chili.
- Many Americans like Mexican food, except for food with chili.
- EXCEPT FOR THE FACT
(THAT): to present
something in opposition to
the original sentence
- German food is good, except for the fact that some of it is actually eaten raw.
- German food is good, except for the fact that some of it is actually eaten raw.
- EXCEPT THAT: used
to give a reason why
something is not
possible or true
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