Forum: English Questions 
Oct 11th, 2013, 09:28 am
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Views: 4,544  Re: What does the sentence mean?
I'm not sure what you're asking about. Is it :
a) can despite/in spite of be followed by this/that?
As I said before : In spite of/Despite are prepositions and so are followed by a noun phrase...
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Forum: English Questions
Oct 10th, 2013, 11:25 am
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Forum: English Questions
Oct 9th, 2013, 12:01 pm
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Views: 4,544 Re: What does the sentence mean?
No - you've phrased the expression in a way it's not used in English - I found no examples at all of in spite of/ despite that fact in either BNC or Brown (UK and US corpora respectively of over 3m...
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Forum: English Questions
Oct 2nd, 2013, 01:35 pm
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Views: 4,544 Re: What does the sentence mean?
"But" in that sentence means : But ... he always arrives lateand never does any work.
You'll find the answer to the second question here :...
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 27th, 2013, 03:01 pm
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Views: 4,544 Re: What does the sentence mean?
It depends on the surrounding context - as you've stated it it sounds ridiculous - why would anyone promote someone like that. but add a bit more information and maybe...
He's the boss's son, so we...
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 27th, 2013, 03:01 pm
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Views: 4,544 Re: What does the sentence mean?
It depends on the surrounding context - as you've stated it it sounds ridiculous - why would anyone promote someone like that? But add a bit more information and maybe...
He's the boss's son, so we...
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 23rd, 2013, 10:25 am
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Views: 4,544 Re: What does the sentence mean?
We talked about these word here. it's the same ...
1. They'd be more usual in written than spoken English, but aren't particularly formal.
2. No difference in meaning. If by focus you mean...
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 19th, 2013, 02:09 am
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Views: 4,544 Re: What does the sentence mean?
Yes, fine. All of the connectives you have used are markers of concession, so no problem. Yet gives a slightly more formal feel to the sentence, but there's no difference in meaning.
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 18th, 2013, 10:13 am
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Views: 4,544 Re: What does the sentence mean?
No. although indicates a relationship of concession between the two ideas- the discourse takes an unexpected direction. If you say that "I felt he was wrong" then I logically expect you to continue...
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 17th, 2013, 02:44 pm
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Views: 4,544 Re: What does the sentence mean?
Which part is the problem here? I felt maybe? Feel can be used to mean believe/think. Or is it so? So (as used here) is a proform which substitutes for a verb phrase to avoid the need for...
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