🍒Despite / in spite of🍒
👉These are prepositions and are followed by nouns or noun phrases. They can’t be followed directly by a verb phrase. If a verb is used it must be changed to the noun form (gerund).
Despite doing well at the interview I didn’t get the job.
In spite of doing well at the interview I didn’t get the job.
Despite my being really angry I tried not to show it.
In spite of my being really angry I tried not to show it.
A verb phrase can be used with these expressions by adding the fact after the preposition.
Despite the fact I did well at the interview I didn’t get the job.
In spite of the fact I did well at the interview I didn’t get the job.
Despite the fact I was really angry I tried not to show it.
In spite of the fact I was really angry I tried not to show it.
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#Alise 🌺
