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Yoko Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Although/Despite/In spite of

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01i00______02i00 a competent person, 02br
00William was not recommended to the project member because of his irreverent attitude. 02br
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00I needed to choose one answer from the selections below. 02br
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00(2) Even though he 02br
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00(4) In spite of 02br
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00In my opinion, 'a competent person' is a noun phrase so I should choose (1) or (4). 02br
00But the ansewer key says, the best answer is (3) Although. 02br
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00Would you tell me why (3) Although is correct? 02br
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00Thank you, 02br
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0 01i 00______02i 00 a competent person, 02br 00William was not recommended to the project member because of his irreverent attitude. 02br 02br 00I needed to choose one answer from the selections below. 02br 02br 00(1) Despite HIS BEING 02br 00(2) Even though he IS 02br 00(3) Although 02br 00(4) In spite of 02br 02br 00In my opinion, 'a competent person' is a noun phrase so I should choose (1) or (4).

— Katsudon

  • 0 01i 00______02i 00 a competent person, 02br 00William was not recommended to the project member because of his irreverent attitude.
  • 02br 02br 00I needed to choose one answer from the selections below.
  • 02br 02br 00(1) Despite HIS BEING 02br 00(2) Even though he IS 02br 00(3) Although 02br 00(4) In spite of 02br 02br 00In my opinion, 'a competent person' is a noun phrase so I should choose (1) or (4).
  • 02br 00But the ansewer key says, the best answer is (3) Although.
  • 02br 02br 00Would you tell me why (3) Although is correct?
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0 01i00______02i00 a competent person, 02br
00William was not recommended to the project member because of his irreverent attitude. 02br
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00I needed to choose one answer from the selections below. 02br
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00(1) Despite HIS BEING 02br
00(2) Even though he IS 02br
00(3) Although 02br
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0 Hello Katsudon 02br
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00Are you a teacher? Which college did you graduate from? I'm a Japanese student and learning English in school. My dictionary (Random House E-J) says we can omit 00 in "although" clauses, when the subject is the same as that of the main clause.. 02br
00(e.g.) Although [he was] a man of the world, he was simple and direct. 02br
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0 Hello Katsudon 02br
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00Are you a teacher? Which college did you graduate from? I'm a Japanese student and learning English in school. My dictionary (Random House E-J) says we can omit 00 in "although" clauses, when the subject is the same as that of the main clause.. 02br
00(e.g.) Although [he was] a man of the world, he was simple and direct. 02br
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0 Dear katsudon, 02br
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00This sentence was made by me besed on a question of Englishtown. 02br
00If possible, please check the site. 02br
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00Thank you, 0-
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0 Dear anonymous guest, 02br
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00I've understood why I should choose (3) Although in this case. 02br
00Checking over my dictionary, it says tha same thing with yours. 02br
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00But I have a question. 02br
00Are there any different meanings and purposes between the sentences A and B. 02br
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00A: 02br
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0 Hello Yoko 02br
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00Could you allow me to put my two cents worth? 02br
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00Let me take the below as an example sentence. 02br
00 [EX] Being a Japanese woman, she was quite modest. 02br
00Usually we take this as 02br
00"As/Since/Because she was a Japanese woman, she was quite modest." 02br
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0 Hello Yoko 02br
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00The sentence as a whole is rather odd: what is the purpose of this recommendation, I wonder? And 'project member' is unusual in itself. 'Member of the project team' might make more sense. 02br
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00But that's beside the point. To your questions: 02br
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01b00*** a competent person, William was not re
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0 Hello Katsudon 02br
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00Hello Guest. 02br
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00G: ? I'm a Japanese student and learning English in school. ? {questionable, possibly ungrammatical} 02br
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00K: One has to be very careful in the deployment of these 'rules' you learn. I'm sure you've learned that you can drop the subject in coordinated clauses, but you can't in
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0 Hello Katsu 02br
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00Don't teach us (Japanese ESLs) your idiolect JTTinglish. 02br
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00"As a result of his, uh, habitual arrests Guido is by nature high-strung, jumpy and paranoid. Although a very intelligent young man he's also somewhat unhinged as well, and lucid moments of clear and calm thought tend to be punctured with those of acid-junkie ins
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0 Yoi ichi nichi yo, Paco! 02br
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00Translation: Have a nice day, Paco! 0-
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