"though" is the quid pro quo

[Prosper]

When Trump talked about releasing the funds he used the word “though”. Then he asked for a favor. “Though” prescribes a condition.

though
/T͟Hō/
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conjunction
despite the fact that; although.
"though they were speaking in undertones, Philip could hear them"
adverb
however (indicating that a factor qualifies or imposes restrictions on what was said previously).
"I was hunting for work. Jobs were scarce though"

“Though” is the new “is”.

[bluedigger]

1. Reminds me of learning to diagram sentences in ninth grade.

"Now where does that "though" go, class? Buehler?"

[Bleacher Creature]

2. This is absolutely, 100% correct.

Republicans might need to start pretending that English isn't their first language as ever fluent in the language knows what he was saying.