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Complete the passive-aggressive note left by a frustrated college roommate.
_________________________ I appreciate your deep love for tropical climates, setting our apartment thermostat to 85 degrees in December is simply unacceptable. I bought you a very thick, itchy wool sweater; _________________________, I expect you to actually wear it instead of turning our living room into a sauna.
Although I appreciate your deep love for tropical climates... ...however, I expect you to actually wear it...
Although is a subordinating conjunction. It connects a dependent clause ("Although I appreciate...") directly to an independent clause ("...setting our apartment... is unacceptable").
However is a conjunctive adverb. It is used to show contrast between two independent clauses, and it is usually preceded by a semicolon (or a period) and followed by a comma. "Despite" is incorrect in the first blank because it must be followed by a noun or gerund, not a full subject-verb clause.