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The difference between `Verbても` and `Verbてでも` was discussed in a thread
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/6220/difference-
between-%E3%82%82-and-%E3%81%A7%E3%82%82-when-used-with-the-%E3%81%A6-form)
but I felt it wasn't fully clarified there. This difference is rarely
mentioned in textbooks, as far as I can tell. So I thought it should be
explored a little more. Maybe we can clarify how the English translations
would differ between these two sentences.

> **1:** 体を張っ **てでも** 反対する。  
>  **2:** 体を張っ **ても** 反対する。

I am assuming that using `でも` introduces a weakening of volition, ie "even if
I do **something like** risking my life", as opposed to a more definite "even
I risk my life". But perhaps there is a more subtle nuance. How would you
translate these sentences to highlight the distinction?
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The difference between Verbても and Verbてでも
体を張ってでも反対する means that the one who 体を張る is identical to the one who 反対する while
体を張っても反対する means that those two are different.

  * 体を張ってでも反対する： I would rather risk my own body to oppose it.

  * 体を張っても反対する： I oppose it even if you risk your own body.

Edit:

> couldn't 体を張っても反対する be interpreted as "even if I risk my life (body)"?

Practically yes, but that sounds slip of saying てでも, after all.

It's not that you can't bridge clauses by the same agant with ても. ( **edit** )
For example, you can say 図書館に行っても本を読まない. However, you can't link actions that
share the same orientation, in other words, direction of volition (will) with
**paradoxical conjunction** ても.

So, you have to remove volitional element from the verb in the clause with ても
by changing it to a subjunctive mood, i.e. 体を張る → 体を張ることになる, as a whole,
体を張ることになっても, which is almost the same as てでも.
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