Notwithstanding
Hi Friends,
He won the match, notwithstanding his injuries and the bad umpiring.
He won the match, his injuries and bad umpiring notwithstanding.
Can notwithstanding be used both ways or ONLY in the end (as in the second sentence)?
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anonymous Can notwithstanding be used both ways Yes, it is perfectly grammatical both ways, but in the first it seems like an unnecessary avoidance of a plain "despite" in such a mundane setting. In the second, it is sort of mock-formal, which is better.
- anonymous Can notwithstanding be used both ways Yes, it is perfectly grammatical both ways, but in the first it seems like an unnecessary avoidance of a plain "despite" in such a mundane setting.
- In the second, it is sort of mock-formal, which is better.
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anonymousCan notwithstanding be used both ways
Yes, it is perfectly grammatical both ways, but in the first it seems like an unnecessary avoidance of a plain "despite" in such a mundane setting. In the second, it is sort of mock-formal, which is better.
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