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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Despite vs despite of
We went out despite rain?
We went out despite of rain?
Are they both correct?
I read that you need a noun after despite.
We went out despite of rain?
Are they both correct?
I read that you need a noun after despite.
Top answer
Neither is correct. We went out despite the rain. We went out in spite of the rain.
- Neither is correct.
- We went out despite the rain.
- We went out in spite of the rain.
- despite = in spite of
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Neither is correct.
We went out despite the rain.
We went out in spite of the rain.
despite = in spite of
We went out despite the rain.
We went out in spite of the rain.
despite = in spite of
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Jigneshbharati Why do we need "the" here?I suppose it's because we don't mean "all the rain in the world", just the rain that was there at the time.
CJ
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