5 exercises — practise conceding a caveat with the reduced-clause conjunction "albeit".
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Which sentence correctly uses "albeit" to concede a minor drawback with a reduced adjective phrase?
"...faster, albeit slightly less accurate on edge cases" correctly follows "albeit" with a reduced adjective phrase, no subject or verb. Option B wrongly attaches a full finite clause with a subject and "is". Options C and D insert ungrammatical filler words.
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Which sentence correctly uses "albeit" with a reduced participle phrase to concede a caveat about a fix?
"...resolved the crash, albeit introducing a small memory overhead" correctly pairs "albeit" with a present participle phrase. Option B adds a redundant subject and finite verb. Option C uses a finite present-tense verb without a subject, which is ungrammatical. Option D wrongly uses a to-infinitive.
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Which sentence correctly uses "albeit" with a reduced noun phrase to concede a limitation of a workaround?
"...a workaround, albeit a temporary one, to unblock the release" correctly follows "albeit" with a bare noun phrase. Options B and D wrongly attach a finite clause with "was" or "is". Option C scrambles the word order into an ungrammatical fragment.
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Which sentence correctly distinguishes "albeit" (reduced clause, mid-sentence) from "although" (full finite clause, often clause-initial)?
"Although the migration took longer... it succeeded, albeit with a few rollbacks" correctly uses "although" with a full finite clause up front and "albeit" with a reduced prepositional phrase afterward. Options B and D wrongly put "albeit" before a full finite clause. Option C wrongly gives "albeit" a subject and finite verb.
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Which sentence correctly uses "albeit" to concede a scope limitation on a benchmark result?
"...a real improvement, albeit a modest one, under realistic production load" correctly keeps the reduced noun phrase directly after "albeit" with no verb. Options B, C, and D all insert an ungrammatical or unnecessary finite verb form.