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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Despite or inspite of

My boss loves to start her sentence with Despite. For example, despite the weather our golfers had a great time. I am incharge of proofreading the newsletter and I am tired of changing it from despite to inspite of -the weather.

Thanks for your assistance,

Sharon
  

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Why do you object to "despite"? What sort of help do you expect?

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Why do you object to "despite"?

What sort of help do you expect?
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AnonymousI am tired of changing it from despite to inspite of -the weather.
I think one of the reasons is it should be 'in spite of' (3 words), not 'inspite of'. Another reason is your boss prefers 'despite' (1 word) instead of 'in spite of'.
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Good catch, YL - I didn't notice that "inspite" had been written together, but perhaps that was just a typo.

I'm eager to know why the original poster objects to "despite" in the first place, however.
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Thanks, Barbara.

I think it's a very common mistake to spell 'in spite of' as 'inspite of'. In fact, the wrong version looks better than the correct spelling, in my opinion.

I am also eager to know why the original poster objects to "despite".
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We will never know. His boss says "Despite. Cut and dried." Emotion: stick out tongue
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