There are different ways of expressing concession or contrast. Study the following sentences.

Although he is rich, he is unhappy.

The same idea can be expressed in very many ways.

The words whoever, whatever, whichever, however, whenever and wherever are called compound relative pronouns. These are used to mean ‘it doesn’t matter who/what/which etc.’

The expressions whoever and whatever are used to express surprise or difficulty in believing something.

Who ever is that cute girl with Peter?
What ever are you doing there?
How ever did you manage to solve that problem? I couldn’t.

Discourse markers are words and expressions used to show how discourse is constructed. There are a large number of discourse markers. Here are a few of the most common among them.

Concession or contrast may be expressed in several different ways. Study the following examples carefully.

By using though and although

Note that both though and although mean the same.