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I've come across multiple answers on this forum about the correct usage of the word 'though'. Despite all this, I am still not confident about my following sentence. Is 'though' correctly used? -- separated with a comma from its preceding clause. Is it good usage of the word in that context?

Clearly, this is in contrast with the Big Bang Theory, though it is conceivable that the total energy of the Universe is zero.

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  • Assuming it makes sense in the context (hard to say without knowing what “this” is—or indeed without knowing a lot more about Big Bang Theory and the universe than I do), your use of though is perfectly logical, natural, and idiomatic here. You could use although as well.
    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    Commented Jan 23, 2018 at 18:58
  • 'Though' here is the OALD concessive / mitigating sense: << though conjunction (2) used to add a fact or an opinion that makes the previous statement less strong or less important [or to add a contrasting concessionary caveat]: 'They're very different, though they did seem to get on well when they met.' 'He'll probably say no, though it's worth asking.' >>
    – Edwin Ashworth
    Commented Jan 23, 2018 at 19:11

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