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Coachpotato Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

despite how

I know that despite / in spite of and regardless of are prepositions, so they are supposed to be followed by either a noun or an -ing form. So I guess the following sentence it's not correct, isn't it?

Despite how useful it is ...

And what about ?

Useful though/as it is ...

However useful it is ...

Thanks in advance.
  

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All except "useful though it is" are fine to me. "How useful it is" in the first example is a noun clause. The other two are common usage.

— Yousan

  • All except "useful though it is" are fine to me.
  • "How useful it is" in the first example is a noun clause.
  • The other two are common usage.
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All except "useful though it is" are fine to me.

"How useful it is" in the first example is a noun clause.

The other two are common usage.
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Maybe this is a way you can think of it that will make sense.

Prepositions can be followed by noun phrases, not necessarily just simple nouns.

Kim comes from where they speak Swahili.
"where they speak Swahili" is a noun phrase approximately equivalent to "the place where they speak Swahili".
Either of the two will serve well as the object of the preposition "fro
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