Regardless/in spite of/despite of

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Hi there. Will anyone help me? Could any of these be used this way?

In view of/despite/despite of/in spite of/regardless/irrespective the fact that there is no sound nutritional, medical or social justification for meat eating.

Thanks in advance.

Rconard · Accepted Answer

The sentence you're trying to form sounds like an argument. You have a few grammatical errors in your sentence which I will correct for you in red. In regards to your question, you could form the sentence in the following ways:

1) Despite the fact that there is no sound nutritional, medical or social justification for eating meat...

2) Regardless of the fact that there is no sound nutritional, medical or social justification for eating meat...

3) Irrespective to the fact that there is no sound nutritional, medical or social justification for eating meat...

Also note that by looking at the sentence in English it looks like the sentence is incomplete. It sounds like you're continuing an argument but then you stop at the end and don't complete the statement. For example, you could make the sentence look like this:

Despite the fact that there is no sound nutritional, medical or social justification for eating meat it still tastes very good.

OR

Regardless of the fact that there is no sound nutritional, medical or social justification for eating meat it can still be argued that the iron found in red meat has some health benefit.

Fandorin · Answer

RConard thank you for checking that.
It's just a piece from CPE Test, that's why I'm concerning about words nearby slashes and the choice I have made about them which contradicts with their answers. Thank you anyway.

rconard You have a few grammatical errors in your sentence

I wouldn't define them as grammatical but as spelling ones.

Regardless/in spite of/despite of

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