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Gegeben - Richtig?despite, in spite of 
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KommentarGibt es Unterschiede in der Verwendung von despite und in spite of. In meinen Oxford steht, dass in spite of ein Synonym für despite ist, also bedeutungsverwandt, jedoch sagte man mir heute in Unterricht, dass es Unterschiede in der Verwendug gibt. Dies kann ich nicht nachvollziehen. Kann mir da jemand weiterhelfen?
Autormxxxxx     (507907) 05 Dec 08 17:52

Kommentar"in spite of" wird oft im Sinne von "to spite someone" verwendet - jemandem trotzen. In other words: someone does something in spite of someone else not wanting him/her to do it. You wouldn't use "despite" here.

He quit school in spite of his father's whishes. For example.
1Autordude     (253248) 05 Dec 08 18:05

Kommentar@dude: Doch!
As an English speaker, I find "He quit school despite his father's wishes" perfectly normal.

@mxxxx: There may be some very subtle differences, but really I can't think of ANY just now, except that perhaps one is used a little more frequently than the other in spoken or written language, or in one region more than another ... Otherwise, I can't think what they might have been referring to.
2AutorSJA     (317000) 05 Dec 08 18:45

Kommentar@SJA: I didn't mean for that particular sentence (I couldn't think of one that would demonstrate the difference), but I meant in cases where the context has "zum Trotz," for instance. I agree that "despite" works in the example sentence, too, but I do feel that "in spite of" has more of a meaning like "zum Trotz" or "um jemandem zu trotzen." To spite his father, he quite school, e.g.
3Autordude     (253248) 05 Dec 08 18:51

KommentarWell, never mind. I should leave my personal feelings and impressions out of it and simply go straight to the meaning. Here you go:

http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/difficulties/despiteinspiteof.html
The English terms despite and in spite of are synonyms. Despite might be a tiny bit more formal, but the two terms are interchangeable. Just be careful not to say something like "despite of" or "in despite" - it's always either the three words in spite of, or just the single word despite.
4Autordude     (253248) 05 Dec 08 18:58

Kontext/ BeispieleAs a native speaker I don't think there is very much difference between despite or inspite of, BUT "to spite" is quite different.To do something "to spite" somebody is to deliberately do something that will go against their wishes and annoy them (to put it mildly).To do something "inspite of" or "despite" is to do something although you have been advised against it, but not because you want to annoy anyone. Or to do something "against all odds". Despite the bad weather, we went out without our coats.Inspite of the bad weather...... She ate the last biscuit to spite her younger brother.
Kommentardespite = inspite of
but not the same as "to spite"
5Autorwallerbee16 Dec 08 09:38

KommentarOT
to spite so. wird im Saarländischen mit dem herrlichen Ausdruck "ebbes gradselääds mache" ausgedrückt. (OK, es ist eine etwas andere Sprachebene... *gg*)
6AutorZopfi     (327897) 16 Dec 08 10:19

Kommentar@wallerbee: Note that "inspite of" should be "in spite of", i.e. 3 words as stated in the resource quoted by dude in #4 above.

"Inspite" is not a word :-)
7AutorSJA     (317000) 18 Dec 08 16:09

Kommentar@SJA - thxs - "in spite of" is of course the correct spelling.
8Autorwallerbee23 Jan 09 09:48
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