CONJUNCTIONS

The meaning of the conjunctions DESPITE and IN SPITE OF is the same. ALTHOUGH and EVEN THOUGH are the same as well. And so are the meanings of the words BECAUSE and BECAUSE OF. As you will see later the main difference between these words is their grammar.

As I write above, the main difference between the phrases is their usage. To cut the explanation short, the words DESPITE, IN SPITE OF and BECAUSE OF are followed by a noun phrase or a gerund (verb + ing). The conjunctions BECAUSE, EVEN THOUGH and ALTHOUGH are followed by a clause.

Kids are fat because of lack of parenting (skills) * Some people have suffered for years because of having to hide her sexuality while in the public eye * In spite of / Despite everything I (still) believe (that) people are really good at heart * In spite of your fear, do what you have to do * If you're successful and stressed out, you're succeeding in spite of your stress, not because of it * Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education * Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell * Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing * I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice * I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught *  I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it * I can't worry about whether roles will be there for me when I'm older * You are as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fears * Whether you win or lose doesn't matter as long as you do your best. it doesn't matter as long as you do your best. * It's not whether you win or lose, it's how many people remember you when you die * Me not being able to play the way that I can play, that's when you kind of know it's that time * The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget * Neither praise nor blame yourself * Neither a borrower, nor a lender be * There can be neither today without yesterday nor tomorrow without today * Peace does not include a vendetta (revenge, vengeance); there will be neither winners nor losers * I'm boring. My beliefs are neither here nor there (it's no big deal, not applicable, irrelevant) * Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory (Shakespeare said) * There are neither winners nor losers; there are only stages that must be gone through * There would be neither winners nor losers in a global nuclear conflict: world * People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily * There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so * Valentine's Day is definitely one of those days where it's either awesome or it's a downer (a depressing situation) * It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain * We have art in order not to die of the truth * I think, therefore I am/exist * Do what you want and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don t mind * Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated * Nothing will work unless you do * Age doesn't matter unless you're a cheese * The future influences the present just as much as the past * The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends * However you look at it, it’s an enormous problema.





People who are scientists today are scientists in spite of the system, typically, not because of it