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Jonathan1 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Sentence with 'notwithstanding' - correct or not?
Hello,
I encountered the sentence:
"The expression "blind as a bat" notwithstanding, bats have no trouble catching mosquitoes in miadir..."
Why is 'notwithstanding' comes after the first part of the sentence and not before it? It sounds very wrong for me.
Instead, I would have said
"Notwithstanding The expression "blind as a bat", bats have no trouble catching mosquitoes in midair...".
Also, in the above sentence 'Notwithstanding' can be replaced by 'despite of', while in the original sentence it can't.
Is the original sentence right or wrong?
And also, what is the part of speech of 'notwithstanding' in each of the above sentences?
Big thanks in advance!
I encountered the sentence:
"The expression "blind as a bat" notwithstanding, bats have no trouble catching mosquitoes in miadir..."
Why is 'notwithstanding' comes after the first part of the sentence and not before it? It sounds very wrong for me.
Instead, I would have said
"Notwithstanding The expression "blind as a bat", bats have no trouble catching mosquitoes in midair...".
Also, in the above sentence 'Notwithstanding' can be replaced by 'despite of', while in the original sentence it can't.
Is the original sentence right or wrong?
And also, what is the part of speech of 'notwithstanding' in each of the above sentences?
Big thanks in advance!
Top answer
". Both sentences are correct with the typos corrected as shown. Jonathan1 Also, in the above sentence 'Notwithstanding' can be replaced by 'despite of', while in the original sentence it can't.
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- Both sentences are correct with the typos corrected as shown.
- Jonathan1 Also, in the above sentence 'Notwithstanding' can be replaced by 'despite of', while in the original sentence it can't.
- "despite of" is always wrong.
- The possibilities are "despite" and "in spite of".
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Jonathan1"The expression "blind as a bat" notwithstanding, bats have no trouble catching mosquitoes in midair..."
Jonathan1"Notwithstanding the expression "blind as a bat", bats have no trouble catching mosquitoes in midair...".Both sentences are
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Thank you, and sorry about the typos.
I wasn't aware of the existence of 'posposition', so I didn't know that the sentence is correct.
I wasn't aware of the existence of 'posposition', so I didn't know that the sentence is correct.
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