In spite of federal subsidizing of public transportation systems massi

In + spite + of = 3 words vs. Despite = 1 word

3>1

GMAT almost always prefers clear, concise, active answer choices.

D is my answer. For parallelism

massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and major local efforts to persuade the public to use public transportation

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got D

Very late

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Can Any one Explain when Despite and when Inspite is used?

Are the inter changeable? I don't think so?

One more for D...remember "to persuade" in necessary here.

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In spite of federal subsidizing of public transportation systems massively and major local efforts to persuade the public to use public transportation, mass transit has been steadily losing patronage to the private automobile for the past thirty years.

(A) In spite of federal subsidizing of public transportation systems massively and major local efforts to persuade
(B) In spite of massive federal subsidizing of public transportation systems and major efforts locally at persuading
(C) Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and the making of major efforts locally to persuade
(D) Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and major local efforts to persuade
(E) Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and making major local efforts at persuading

A & B out b/c of In spite of.
C is out of question.

Answer is D.

The sentence says subsidies to major transportation systems, how is that logical? Subsidies to would be to a person or entity and subsidies for would be a product

(A) In spite of federal subsidizing of public transportation systems massively and major local efforts to persuade

(B) In spite of massive federal subsidizing of public transportation systems and major efforts locally at persuading

(C) Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and the making of major efforts locally to persuade

(D) Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and major local efforts to persuade---both are in correct form. Hence, correct

(E) Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and making major local efforts at persuading

Can we use "Despite" in place of "In spite of"?

Also, could you please help with explaining why B is wrong. I am aware of the mistake "at" in the last. Is there any mistake in "subsidizing of"?

(A) In spite of federal subsidizing of public transportation systems massively and major local efforts to persuade

(B) In spite of massive federal subsidizing of public transportation systems and major efforts locally at persuading

(C) Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and the making of major efforts locally to persuade

(D) Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and major local efforts to persuade---both are in correct form. Hence, correct

(E) Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and making major local efforts at persuading

In spite of federal subsidizing of public transportation systems massively and major local efforts to persuade the public to use public transportation, mass transit has been steadily losing patronage to the private automobile for the past thirty years.

Test Points: Idiom & Parallelism

(A) In spite of federal subsidizing of public transportation systems massively and major local efforts to persuade ( "of" is followed by verb+ing is not the idiomatic way, making the whole scentence awkward. Furthermore, the structure of paralleism is not correct)

(B) In spite of massive federal subsidizing of public transportation systems and major efforts locally at persuading (Same reason as choice A)

(C) Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and the making of major efforts locally to persuade ( "massive federal subsidies to...and the making..." voilates the structure of paralleism)

(D) Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and major local efforts to persuade

(E) Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and making major local efforts at persuading ( "massive federal subsidies to...and making..." voilates the structure of paralleism)

Hi,

Can someone please compare 'in spite of' and 'despite'.

VeritasKarishma

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Hello IGIG,

We hope this finds you well.

Having gone through your query, we believe that we can help resolve your doubt.

"in spite of" and "despite" are essentially synonymous; both are conjunctions that serve to convey a sense of contrast. The only salient difference between the two is that "despite" is more concise.

We hope this helps.
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Experts' Global Team

'Despite' and 'in spite of' are prepositional expressions. They show contrast and take a noun, a pronoun or a gerund after them.
Both mean the same but 'despite' is a bit more formal.