13.15 however versus nevertheless 1. There is a very subtle difference between however and nevertheless . however can be used to add an additional observation or piece of information. nevertheless makes a stronger back-reference to what was said earlier, rather than focusing on giving new information. Essentially, if there is a causal relationship between two sentences, use nevertheless ; otherwise use however. HOWEVER NEVERTHELESS 1 Fewer men now seem to see career success as a central life interest around which other life activities are subordinated, however for many women the opposite is often true. Studies indicate that stress from working long hours causes high blood pressure, nevertheless / despite this companies still insist on their employees working up to 60 hours per week. There is no direct correlation between the fact that fewer men are obsessed by their career and the fact that women now are – nevertheless cannot be used here. There is a direct correlation between the fact that long hours are detrimental to health, but people continue to work 60 hours in any case. however could also be used here but the contrast would be weaker. 1 We didn’t discuss your paper. However we did mention the possibility of you working in their lab. We didn’t discuss your paper. Nevertheless , there will be many other opportunities to talk about it. 13.16 in contrast with vs. compared to, by comparison with 1. Use in contrast with when the difference you are referring to is striking or surprising. 2. Use compared to / with and by comparison in all other cases. IN CONTRAST TO COMPARED TO 1 In contrast to what was previously observed by Heimlich [2], our results showed an opposite trend. Compared to Smith’s results, our results are somewhat disappointing. = Our results are somewhat disappointing
