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Ye Thu Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Sentence Transformation

Although I called him, he gave me no answer.
Can I rewrite it as " 1. In spite of my call, he gave me no answer. 2. In spite of the fact that I call him, he gave me no answer. 3. In spite of I calling him, he gave me no answer. 4. In spite of being called, he gave me no answer. " ? Thank you very much.
  

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Although I called him, he gave me no answer. Can I rewrite it as 1. In spite of my call calls , he gave me no answer.

— Tamguatlay

  • Although I called him, he gave me no answer.
  • Can I rewrite it as 1.
  • In spite of my call calls , he gave me no answer.
  • ) 2.
  • In spite of the fact that I call called him, he gave me no answer.
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Although I called him, he gave me no answer.
Can I rewrite it as

1. In spite of my call calls, he gave me no answer. ("calls" should be replaced by "calls" because there should be more than one call.)
2. In spite of the fact that I call called him, he gave me no answer. ('called' should be used.)
3. In spite of I my
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I think these are better choices:
1. In spite of my call(ing), he gave me no answer.
2. In spite of the fact that I called him, he gave me no answer.
3. In spite of my calling, he gave me no answer.
4. In spite of being called, he gave me no answer.
Edit: Cross-posted with tamguatlay
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Ye ThuIn spite of my call, he gave me no answer.
This is not quite the same as the original. Here, the call may have been taken by someone else.
Ye ThuIn spite of the fact that I called him, he gave me no answer.
That's hardly a transformation!
Ye ThuIn spite of I calling him, he gave me no ans
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He gave me no answer even though I called him
teechrHe gave me no answer even though I called him.
Hi teechr, I don't think the sentence proposed by you is the answer to the question because your sentence is too similar to the OP's sentence.
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tamguatlayyour sentence is too similar to the OP's sentence.
I transposed it and changed "although" to "even though"; isn't that sufficient?
When you say "too similar", are you referring to form or meaning?
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Although I called him, he gave me no answer.

He gave me no answer even though I called him.


You have used even though in place of Although and rephrase the sentence. That's why I say your sentence is very similar to the original sentence. I wonder whether this is the answer to the question.


I think the OP's sentences ar
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tamguatlayAlthough I called him, he gave me no answer.
If I rewrite it as " In spite of calling him, he gave me no answer." , is it grammatical and acceptable? Thanks.
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In spite of calling him, he gave me no answer.

In spite of calling him doesn't state who called him, so it isn't correct.

You need "In spite of my calling him..." OR

"In spite of the fact I called him,..."
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tamguatlay In spite of calling him, he gave me no answer. In spite of calling him doesn't state who called him, so it isn't correct.You need "In spite of my calling him..." OR"In spite of the fact I called him,..."
How about " In spite of my calling to him or my calling" ? Thanks again.
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How about " In spite of my calling to him or my calling"

In spite of my calling him (no 'to')...
In spite of my calling... doesn't state who you were calling.
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