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Kprichards Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

How is notwithstanding used in the following sentence

I found the following sentence in a national daily. Could you tell me how the word notwithstanding is used in the following sentence?

Given a conducive habitat, all other side effects of modern day life-styles notwithstanding, the house sparrow should be the last of all to wander off the living planet.
  

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This use of 'notwithstanding' means roughly 'in spite of'. Here's a simper example Mary has a pretty face, notwithstanding the scar on her cheek. Given a conducive habitat, and in spite of all other side effects of modern day life-styles, the house sparrow should be the last of all to wander off the living planet.

— Clive

  • This use of 'notwithstanding' means roughly 'in spite of'.
  • Here's a simper example Mary has a pretty face, notwithstanding the scar on her cheek.
  • Given a conducive habitat, and in spite of all other side effects of modern day life-styles, the house sparrow should be the last of all to wander off the living planet.
  • I don't really understand the writer's meaning.
  • How are modern life-styles related to house sparrows?
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This use of 'notwithstanding' means roughly 'in spite of'.

Here's a simper example
Mary has a pretty face, notwithstanding the scar on her cheek.

Given a conducive habitat, and in spite of all other side effects of modern day life-sty
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