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In spite of the fact that Justin had sprained his ankle [#permalink] New post   08 Aug 2012, 21:47
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In spite of the fact that Justin had sprained his ankle early in the baseball game, he continued
playing and even scored the winning run.
a) In spite of the fact that Justin had sprained
b) Because of the fact that Justin sprained
c) Despite Justin had sprained
d) Although the spraining that Justin has done to
e) Even though the fact was that Justin was spraining
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Re: In spite of the fact that Justin had sprained his [#permalink] New post   09 Aug 2012, 11:01
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Despite is a preposition. As per thumb rule, all prepositions have to be followed by nouns or noun phrases. Justin had sprained is a clause that can not legally follow despite. So, C is wrong
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Re: In spite of the fact that Justin had sprained his [#permalink] New post   14 Aug 2012, 09:52
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In spite of the fact that Justin had sprained

Both despite and in spite of are prepositions; both are inter- changeable. It may be seen that choice A talks about in spite of ‘the fact’; the fact is the noun that follows theprepositional phrase ’in spite of’; the relative clause that follows is a modifier of the noun ‘the fact’ . Hence, it is perfectly acceptable.
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Re: In spite of the fact that Justin had sprained his [#permalink] New post   08 Aug 2012, 22:03
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Whats wrong with C? Isn't A wordy? A and C maintained the same tense .
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Re: In spite of the fact that Justin had sprained his [#permalink] New post   08 Aug 2012, 22:13
I was going through the GMAT grammar book and it says
used In spite of/ Despite with noun phrase but both A and C it is using clause. I am confused so someone please explain.
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Re: In spite of the fact that Justin had sprained his [#permalink] New post   09 Aug 2012, 04:37
what is the source of the question?

the following link might help
https://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/di ... iteof.html
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Re: In spite of the fact that Justin had sprained his [#permalink] New post   09 Aug 2012, 11:15
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"Despite" can be used here, but not in that particular phrase. "Despite Justin having sprained his ankle early..." would work; "Despite Justin had sprained" does not.
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Re: In spite of the fact that Justin had sprained his [#permalink] New post   09 Aug 2012, 12:54
I agree why C is wrong. But doesn't In spite of also used with noun phrase where here it is followed by clause which is my confusion.
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Re: In spite of the fact that Justin had sprained his [#permalink] New post   13 Aug 2012, 18:22
Could this be one of those type of questions that GMAT won't test on since a quick google search of despite/in spite of yields many sites suggesting they are synonyms? :?:
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Re: In spite of the fact that Justin had sprained his [#permalink] New post   13 Aug 2012, 20:33
dabangg wrote:
I agree why C is wrong. But doesn't In spite of also used with noun phrase where here it is followed by clause which is my confusion.


it can be used with noun phrase.

I drove very fast, despite her strong warning.
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Re: In spite of the fact that Justin had sprained his [#permalink] New post   14 Aug 2012, 12:47
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Despite is a preposition. As per thumb rule, all prepositions have to be followed by nouns or noun phrases. Justin had sprained is a clause that can not legally follow despite. So, C is wrong

Dan,
Thanks for the explanation. But, how do you quickly identify that despite is a preposition at the first place. May be common words like and, of, by are acceptable. Do we have to memorize words or it will come over practice?
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Re: In spite of the fact that Justin had sprained his [#permalink] New post   14 Aug 2012, 21:50
DonQuixote wrote:
"Despite" can be used here, but not in that particular phrase. "Despite Justin having sprained his ankle early..." would work; "Despite Justin had sprained" does not.

Can you pls let us know why it is wrong?
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Re: In spite of the fact that Justin had sprained his ankle [#permalink] New post   02 Jun 2019, 23:45
daagh wrote:
Despite is a preposition. As per thumb rule, all prepositions have to be followed by nouns or noun phrases. Justin had sprained is a clause that can not legally follow despite. So, C is wrong

sir you know where people will cramp.so you post the alternate answer to the most vulnerable wrong option choice.hats off.:)
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