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Avid learner Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Notwithstanding

Hi, all

I wonder, am I using "notwithstanding" correctly in the sentences below?
  1. Ignorance is the deadliest of diseases that has ever visited humans, notwithstanding every now and then they still succumb to it.
  2. Heaven and Hell are each other’s antithesis.Notwithstanding, they both covet humans' souls.
Thank in advance, AL
  

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avid learner I wonder, am I using "notwithstanding" correctly in the sentences below? It doesn't seem right there. 'Notwithstanding' means 'in spite of (the fact that)', while your use seems to mean just 'but' .

— Mister Micawber

  • avid learner I wonder, am I using "notwithstanding" correctly in the sentences below?
  • It doesn't seem right there.
  • 'Notwithstanding' means 'in spite of (the fact that)', while your use seems to mean just 'but' .
  • q=notwithstanding&l=0
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avid learnerI wonder, am I using "notwithstanding" correctly in the sentences below?
It doesn't seem right there. 'Notwithstanding' means 'in spite of (the fact that)', while your use seems to mean just 'but' . Have a look at some of its uses on FrazeIt: http://fra
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