He will not agree to marry her even if they offer him a big flat
He will not agree to marry her even though they offer him a big flat
I'm a new English learner, hence I don't know what i wrote is correct: most of Indian English speakers say that both are used interchangeably as well as me too , however I wanna know these word. Please explain to me
No, they do not mean the same thing. As explained (for example) here:
Even though means despite the fact that and is a more emphatic version of though and although.
Even if means whether or not and has to do with the conditions that may apply.
Your two sentences thus mean different things. In the first case, you are saying "he will not agree to marry her" no matter what. If they offer him a big flat, he will not agree to marry; if they don't offer him a big flat, he will not agree to marry.
In the second case, you are implying that he has been offered a big flat, and despite that fact, he still will not marry.
It's a subtle difference, but there's a clear change in emphasis.
"Even though" means that the event has happened or is expected to happen. "Even if" means that the condition is hypothetical. Generally we use "even if" when the event has NOT happened.
So if you said, "He won't marry her even though they offered him a big flat", that means that they (her parents?) DID offer him a big flat, and he still refused.
"He won't marry her even if they offered him a big flat" means that they have not made such an offer, but that if they did make such an offer, he still would not accept.
Both are used for contrasting one story with another.
Affirmative here means that it is a fact. A fact that has happened, is happening or is planned and affirmed to happen in the future.
