in despite of

where on earth have you read or heard of "in despite of"????

1. Merriam Webster:
Main Entry:¹de·spite Function:noun
— in despite of: in spite of

2. Frederick T. Wood's English Prepositional Idioms (1976)

3. The American Heritage

Hi,

You might like to look at a dictionary of etymology. eg



despite

1297, from O.Fr. despit, from L. despectus "a looking down on," from despicere (see

...and someone might like to tell this learner of the English language just how archaic and unused that expression is!

Terryxpress...and someone might like to tell this learner of the English language just how archaic and unused that expression is!

Why, is it too condescending for you to tell it yourself to this learner of the English language? Get off your cotton-picking high horse, and read my initial posting once again! (How anachronistic your attitude

Hi,

Having said all that, please let's turn our focus back to the original question if anyone has anything else useful to add.

Thank you, Clive

Hi Selvakumar

Is "in spite of" a corruption of "in despite of"?

Nowadays, nobody writes 'in despite of'. Instead, we use 'despite' (one word), which has the same meaning as 'in spite of'.

I hope the above helps.

Best wishes

Hei man

Example 1:

She took the jobb despite the family`s objections

Example 2:

She tokk the jobb in spite of the family`s objections