Paraphrasing.
I had a paraphrasing exercise in an english exam. The original sentence was "Although she had been training for months, she didn't win the race". We were given the word SPITE to use and the second sentece was "She didn't win the race . . . . . . . . . . . . . for months."
I struggled between two answers: "She didn't win the race in spite of having been training for months" and "She didn't win the race in spite of having trained for months". I went with having been + ing because the original sentence uses ing. What is the correct way to answer?
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Either way is grammatical, so it depends on which one is closer to the original. Although she had been training for months, she didn't win the race. She didn't win the race in spite of having been training for months.
- Either way is grammatical, so it depends on which one is closer to the original.
- Although she had been training for months, she didn't win the race.
- She didn't win the race in spite of having been training for months.
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Either way is grammatical, so it depends on which one is closer to the original.
Although she had been training for months, she didn't win the race.
She didn't win the race in spite of having been training for months.
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