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by lalabee » Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:46 pm
is it a must to use "noun" after "despite of" & "despite"

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by arorag » Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:26 am
If you are using despite then it should be followed by noun. If Of construction is required then in spite of is preffered.
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by TkNeo » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:28 pm
lalabee wrote:is it a must to use "noun" after "despite of" & "despite"

thanks. :)

"Despite" must be followed by either a noun ("despite extreme hunger...") or a verb ("despite having been fired..."). It cannot be followed by a relative pronoun ("despite that...").
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Re: despite

by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:48 am
TkNeo wrote:
lalabee wrote:is it a must to use "noun" after "despite of" & "despite"

thanks. :)

"Despite" must be followed by either a noun ("despite extreme hunger...") or a verb ("despite having been fired..."). It cannot be followed by a relative pronoun ("despite that...").
"extreme" is an adjective, not a noun!

Despite can be followed by a noun, pronoun, verb (in "ing" form), adjective or adverb. So no, it doesn't have to be followed by a noun.
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