I want to say that I continued teaching even though I was sick. So, is the following sentence correct:
Getting sick did not affect my passion to teach.
"affect my passion" is correct?
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Sign up to join this communityI want to say that I continued teaching even though I was sick. So, is the following sentence correct:
Getting sick did not affect my passion to teach.
"affect my passion" is correct?
I prefer your first sentence; it's simple, short, idiomatic, and grammatical. The “even though” adds a stoic note. It is a prepositional phrase that introduces a fact that is surprising and/or new to the listener or reader. The phrase connects the two clauses together very naturally.
I continued teaching even though I was sick.
But if the OP is looking for something more formal:
Something less formal...
It's certainly fine to say this, as it correctly conveys that your passion to teach wasn't affected by getting sick, but using "affect" is somewhat neutral as it could mean positively or negatively. If you wanted to make it clearer that your passion to teach was just as strong, I would perhaps say something more like
Getting sick did not diminish my passion for teaching.
Or
Getting sick did not negatively impact my passion for teaching.
A better way of saying it would be:
Getting sick does not affect my passion for teaching.
The questioner states
I want to say that I continued teaching even though I was sick.
Having a passion for teaching doesn't necessarily mean that the person actually continued to teach, only that they were passionate about the job. I would suggest that a better way of expressing this would be to say
My illness did not prevent my continuing to teach.