 Re: In spite of/Despite me telling her
Hi Susan, thanks for your quick reply. I think I know what the problem is. The book is "New Ready for FCE", Macmillan . The grammar is so briefly explained that sometimes can be a bit confusing.
This is what exactly says on page 212 (Contrasting ideas):
if the subject of the verbs in the two clauses is the same, the gerund can be used inmediately after "Despite/ In spite of" without a preceding noun or pronoun. Examples:
She played tennis despite feeling ill. (correct -we can apply this example to the rule)
She paid for the meal despite me/my telling her not to. (In my opinion this example doesn´t apply to the rule above. This example should be in another bullet explaining that despite/in spite of can be followed by an object pronoun (me) or a possessive adjective (my) + V.ing)
What do you think? |