B1
grammar
How do you express opposition and concession?
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Model answer
Opposition: mais, alors que, tandis que, en revanche, par contre. Concession: bien que + subj., quoique + subj., même si + indic., malgré + noun.
Why
Même si + indicative. Bien que + subjunctive. They are not interchangeable.
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