Notwithstanding or Withstanding?
In the following sentence is notwithstanding or withstanding correct?
As bleak as Downeast Maine is, _______________ its intrinsic beauty, just 35 miles away as the crow flies is Mount Desert Island, or MDI, as it's known locally.
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"Notwithstanding" fits, but only if you remove the comma before it. The comma shifts the phrase to the main clause and makes nonsense. "
- "Notwithstanding" fits, but only if you remove the comma before it.
- The comma shifts the phrase to the main clause and makes nonsense.
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"Notwithstanding" fits, but only if you remove the comma before it. The comma shifts the phrase to the main clause and makes nonsense. The comma will work if "notwithstanding" is used in its customary position: "As bleak as Downeast Maine is, its intrinsic beauty notwithstanding, just 35 miles away as the crow flies is Mount Desert Island, or MDI, as it's known locally."
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