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Hi. Could u help me with this?
Although the weather was awful, they had a great time
In spite of......
In spite of the awful weather, they had a great time
That is the answer I expected, but a student wrote � in spite of being an awful weather, they had a great time �
I know �in spite of � is followed by noun, or -ing., but I don �t know in this example.
Another rewrite we did was � in spite of being very old, he managed to... �
Thanks a lot
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11 Feb 2016
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i_love_english
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I think you could say "In spite of the weather being awful" but it sounds a bit akward maybe... Steph |
11 Feb 2016
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yanogator
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The "being" needs a subject. as the student wrote it, it is saying that "they" were awful weather, so that doesn �t work. Another example of that would be "In spite of being hungry, they had to wait two hours for dinner." Also, "weather" isn �t countable, so we don �t use "a" with it. Your expected answer of "In spite of the awful weather, they had a good time" works, and Steph �s suggestion works, too. Bruce |
11 Feb 2016
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