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Lollipop^^ Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Is this sentence is natural?
The company decided to give her a chance, despite doubts regarding her ability to perform such high-level tasks.I wonder that a preposition can have a colon before it.
As I know, we usually use prepositions without any colon before them like the following.
e.g) I live in New York.
But "despite" on the above sentence has a colon bofore it.
It seems unnatural for me. How about you?
As I know, we usually use prepositions without any colon before them like the following.
e.g) I live in New York.
But "despite" on the above sentence has a colon bofore it.
It seems unnatural for me. How about you?
Top answer
Hi Lolli, welcome! The mentioned sign is a comma, a colon are two dots : . Despite usually carries a comma, as it helps to differentiate the two opposed sentences.
- Hi Lolli, welcome!
- The mentioned sign is a comma, a colon are two dots : .
- Despite usually carries a comma, as it helps to differentiate the two opposed sentences.
- Let's wait for "grammar freaks" to explain better.
- cheers[H]
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Hi Lolli, welcome!
The mentioned sign is a comma, a colon are two dots : .
Despiteusually carries a comma, as it helps to differentiate the two opposed sentences. Let's wait for "grammar freaks" to explain better.
The mentioned sign is a comma, a colon are two dots : .
Despiteusually carries a comma, as it helps to differentiate the two opposed sentences. Let's wait for "grammar freaks" to explain better.
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