【英文連接詞】英文連接詞只會用 but 嗎？試試however、although、 though、despite...！

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就跟中文作文一樣，我們會使用「但是」來連接前後相對的語意，英文中我們則會使用「but」，可是只有「but」可以連接相對的語意嗎？當然不！英文老師 Aly 就在《Papa Teach Me》上介紹了許多可以用來替代「but」的用法！

先以「but」來造句：

e.g She is beautiful, but she has a bad personality.

（她很美，可是她人品不好。）

你可以改成下面這些不同的用法，但他們的意思都一樣：

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e.g She is beautiful. However, she has a bad personality.

Although she is beautiful, she has a bad personality.

= She is beautiful, although she has a bad personality.

要注意，即便中文上我們會說：「雖然…但是…」，可是使用 although 的話，不可以再使用 but，although 可以放在句首或是句中，但不可以在句尾。

(Even) though she is beautiful, she has a bad personality.

= She is beautiful, she has a bad personality though.

他的用法與 although 相似，也同樣的不可以加上 but，不過 although 與 even though 不能放句尾，單用 though 就可以放句尾。

She is beautiful, having said that, she has a bad personality.

Despite her being beautiful, she has a bad personality.

要注意這裡，depsite 的詞性為介係詞，所以後面要先改承受格，然後再把動詞改成 V-ing 的形式。

另外，depsite 有一個條件，除了前後相對之外，第二個條件是 —— 帶有「即使」的意思，也就是說「即使前句這件事情，後面這句的事情不會被影響」。

She is beautiful. Nevertheless, she has a bad personality.

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