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A-Z 227still will not result in the state of affairs expressed in the main clause (Even if heapologized in person, she still wouldn’t forgive him). They can also indicate a situationwhose expected consequence fails to occur (Even though she responded quickly, she stillcouldn’t reach him). Concessive clauses are usually introduced by subordinatingconjunctions such as although, even though, in spite of the fact that, however much,regardless.conclusionInference whose truth follows logically from the truth of particular premises; forexample, from the premises (a) All humans are mortal and (b) Socrates is human, onearrives at the conclusion (c) Socrates is mortal.formal logicReferencesconclusiveresultativeconcomitancecollocationconcord1 In languages with noun class systems, the agreement of adnominals and verbs with thenoun according to the noun’s class: e.g. Swahili vi-su vi-wili vi-natosha ‘Two knives areenough,’ wa-tu wa-wili wa-natosha ‘Two people are enough,’ ma-tunda ma-wili yanatoshaTwo pieces of fruit are enough.’2 agreement