How do you spell "despite" or "despite"? How to spell despite - together or separately Spelling of the preposition "despite".

The correct spelling of many words in Russian is difficult. And all because most words are spelled quite differently from how they are pronounced. Many difficulties arise in the choice of continuous or separate spelling of words, for example: how to write despite: together or separately. Let's try to understand this problem.

To begin with, it is worthwhile to understand that the preposition "on" in this case is always written separately. But how to write despite is often a problem, because there are cases of both separate and joint writing.

Note! Spelling depends on what part of speech the word is in the context of the sentence.

For example:

1. Despite the rain, we went for a walk in the park.
2. He passed by without looking at her.

In the first case, despite - a preposition (hint - the construction includes two words), so "not" is written together. In the second case, despite - (hint - the construction includes 3 words). Here "not" is written separately, as with all verbs and participles.

To determine which part of speech we have before us, a small analysis of the word will help. It consists in the application of simple methods, which will be discussed later.

When "regardless" is spelled separately

The spelling of “not” is separated from “looking” in gerunds, since “not” is a negative particle.

It is easy to recognize the gerund: it asks the question “what are you doing (at the same time)?” from the verb. And it can also be replaced by a synonym for "without looking."

Here's what it looks like in an example:

• question: passed, (doing what?) - without looking;
• synonym: He passed by without looking at her at all.

Two more main points indicating that the part of speech of this word is a gerund:

• When "not" is omitted, the word acquires the opposite meaning.
• Next to the participle are usually nouns or with prepositions.

In such cases, if the question arises - together or separately - a separate spelling is chosen.

Why "despite" is spelled together

Continuously "despite" is written when it is a preposition. Why? The answer is simple: the prefix "not" in the letter is not separated from the preposition.

To make sure that this is the preposition in front of you, the replacement with the following words will help:

• not considering;
• contrary to;
• in defiance

If you can replace a word without losing its meaning, then there should be no doubt that you have a preposition in front of you.

A few more important points indicating that “despite” belongs to prepositions:

• concession value;
• the form is constant (without "not" is not used);
• the question is not asked for the word (it is impossible to put a question to the service parts of speech);
• verb substitution is not possible.

So, the preposition "despite" with the prefix "not" is written together.

How to remember spelling

It is interesting that the gerund in spite of has the literal meaning "without looking at the person (object) with the eyes." If this value is not present, it means that you do not have a gerund in front of you.

For example:

• Despite her boyfriend, she silently left.
• The baby, despite the screams of passers-by, boldly approached the counter.

Important! In order to quickly determine when a word is written together, and when separately, you just need to remember the association with the eyes.

It consists in this. A person always looks with two eyes, which are located separately from each other. The word "not looking" is also spelled separately in the sense when one does not look with one's eyes. When there is nothing to do with the eyes, choose a continuous spelling.

Synonyms for "despite"

The grammatical and semantic meanings of this preposition are as follows:

• means "not paying attention to someone (something)";
• expresses the attitude of concession;
• used with a noun (pronoun) in the accusative case.

It is by these meanings that its synonyms can be determined:

• contrary to;
• out of spite;
• in defiance;
• independently;
• across;
• regardless.

Accordingly, if the word is easily replaced by a synonym with the preservation of meaning, then we have a preposition. And when it is impossible to replace - most likely, it is a gerund.

Separation in the offer

There is one more problem concerning the studied word. It consists in punctuation: whether a word in a sentence is isolated or not.

According to the rules of the Russian language, the turn in which this preposition is present is always separated by commas.

Placement rules:

• when a turn in the middle of a sentence is on both sides;
• if at the beginning of a sentence - after it;
• at the end, in front of him.

The adverbial turnover also has commas with it, the arrangement of which obeys the rules described above.

Examples of sentences with prepositions "despite"

The following sentences with prepositions will help you come up with your own examples:

• Despite the pouring rain the day before, the walk into the forest took place.
• He went to the club despite his father's admonitions.
• Despite the prohibitions of doctors, Roman occasionally ate sweets.
• The student stated the essence in his own words, despite the speech prepared in advance.
• Alice did an excellent job with presentations, despite poor academic performance.

Compilation of proposals will be needed when completing assignments in an educational institution. Also on this exercise, performed independently, you can work out the skill of quickly determining the correct spelling.

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Summing up

In order to avoid mistakes, you need to understand all the nuances of the spelling of a given word and learn the information learned. And in order to remember the correct spelling “despite”, you need to come up with a few examples on your own, scroll through their meaning in your head and work out the replacement with synonyms.

In contact with

in spite of or in spite of

Merged or separate?

Both spellings may be correct, because merged and separate spelling depends on the context.
The preposition “despite” has an unchanged form and is written together - in spite of .
The gerund "looking" with the negative particle "not" is written separately - despite .

Rules “Despite”

How to correctly spell the word fused " in spite of” together or separately?

Word " in spite of” is a derivative preposition, it comes from the particle “not”, the gerund “looking” and the preposition “on”.

The preposition "despite" is always written together.

It has a concessive meaning. A synonym for it can be the word "at least". The word “despite” is also spelled together in a stable combination “despite everything”.

Examples

• But the joyful mood did not subside, in spite of fatigue.
• In spite of the fact that Victor was the son of a factory director, he behaved evenly with everyone, without arrogance.
• Vika was too proud and did not forgive Alexei, in spite of the fact that the young man stood under her windows for several hours

Rules “regardless”

Word " despite” is a combination of a negative particle and a gerund.

With gerunds, as well as with verbs, this particle is always written separately.

The participle always denotes an additional action, therefore it is used only in combination with some kind of verb that has the meaning of the main action. The gerund “not looking” can always be replaced by the synonym “without looking”, if such a replacement is possible, then the word “not looking” will be written separately. The gerund "despite" can be used both with the preposition "on" and with the preposition "in".

Examples

Say all the examples out loud for better memorization.

• Asya answered quietly, despite on me.
• I even despite through the window, I knew that it was raining outside.
• The boy frowned and despite in my eyes, briefly answered that he did not know anything.

The Russian language is rightfully considered difficult to learn, because where else can you see such a variety of spelling norms, rules and exceptions? And for foreigners, the most difficult topic is prepositions. In fact, the spelling rules are quite simple, you just need to remember which of them are written together or separately, and which are hyphenated.

In contact with

The problem arises later, when a homonymous part of speech (for example, a noun with a preposition) is placed next to it, in which the spelling is radically different. The most striking example of such a “neighborhood” is the preposition “despite” and the homonymous gerund “despite”. Let's figure out when the turnover is written together, and when separately.

Spelling of the preposition "in spite of"

Preposition "despite" used in the meaning of concession. It can be replaced by the following synonyms: "contrary", "contrary", "ignoring". Accordingly, the easiest way to help determine whether it is a preposition is to mentally replace the phrase with any other equivalent. For example:

• Despite the rain, I went for a walk with the dog.
• against the rain I went for a walk with the dog.

You can also try to ask a question to this phrase. In Russian, prepositions are official parts of speech, which means that it will not be possible to ask them a question. For example:

• Despite ( for what?) no matter what they continued to go to their goal.
• Despite ( for what?) in bad weather, the animals asked to go outside.

And also a sure sign that the turnover before us is a verbal preposition is its immutability. We can't omit the prefix "not". For example:

• They were comfortable with each other, despite the fact that they had not seen each other for so many years.
• They were comfortable with each other despite that that they had not seen each other for so many years.
• She set aside a few minutes to talk, despite being busy.
• She took a few minutes to talk looking at workload.

As you can see, when we omit the prefix, the whole meaning of the sentence is lost.

It is very important to remember that the turnover with the preposition "despite" always separated by commas. If it is at the beginning or at the end of a sentence, then a comma is placed on one side, if in the middle - on both sides.

Spelling of the gerund "in spite of"

The adverb "in spite of" is used in direct meaning, i.e. literally "without looking at something". Accordingly, in the proposal it can be replaced synonymous with "without looking". For example:

• I typed the text of the report without looking at the screen.
• I typed the text of the report, not looking to the screen.

Since the participle is not a service part of speech, you can ask a question to it: "Doing what?" or “Having done what?”, thereby defining that this phrase is not a verbal preposition "despite".

• I talked about my discovery, doing what?) regardless of commission.
• Friends shared news among themselves, ( doing what?) regardless of the others.

The adverb is also additional action to the main verb, so you can distinguish it from a preposition in another way. It is necessary to find the main verb and correlate it with the phrase. For example:

And also in the participle, you can omit the particle “not” - then the meaning of the sentence is reversed. For example:

• Children ran around the yard, not looking around.
• Children ran around the yard looking on both sides.

The participle is always written separately with the negative particle “not” and is always separated by commas: if the turnover is at the beginning or at the end of the sentence, then it is distinguished by a comma only on one side, if in the middle - on both sides.

1) despite whom (what), preposition. from wine in spite of someone or something, not paying attention to someone or something. Engaged, despite fatigue; 2) despite the fact that, the union expresses a concession, despite the fact that, regardless of the fact that. We went, despite the fact that we were going ... Explanatory dictionary of Ozhegov

DESPITE, an excuse, on whom that. Contrary to something, contrary to something. Despite the heavy rain, it was warm (do not mix with not looking at the verb participle from the verb look with the negative not). ❖ No matter what, no matter what… … Explanatory Dictionary of Ushakov

Service, use very often If something happens in spite of any circumstances, then it happens in spite of them. Despite all the talk of financial stabilization, prices are rising by leaps and bounds. | Even though officially... Dictionary of Dmitriev

in spite of- in spite of / in spite of, an excuse Despite the abundance of greenery, it is difficult to breathe. No matter what. Despite being tired. Wed "not" and dep. despite /: Without looking at your feet, go forward ... merged. Separately. Through a hyphen.

Despite, contrary Dictionary of Russian synonyms. despite the adverb, the number of synonyms: 2 contrary to (24) unacceptable ... Synonym dictionary

Against, across, in defiance, in spite of, in defiance of Dictionary of Russian synonyms. despite the preposition, the number of synonyms: 5 contrary to (24) ... Synonym dictionary

With all that, with all that, with all that, nevertheless Dictionary of Russian synonyms. despite the adverb, the number of synonyms: 4 for all that (19) ... Synonym dictionary

Suggestion from wine It is used when expressing concessive relations and corresponds in meaning to the following: regardless of anything. Explanatory Dictionary of Ephraim. T. F. Efremova. 2000... Modern explanatory dictionary of the Russian language Efremova

- DESPITE ◊ Despite everything. Despite everything, no matter what (under any conditions, circumstances). ◁ In spite of that, in zn. pretext. Despite what l., no matter what l. He was cheerful despite the pain. They were late despite... ... encyclopedic Dictionary

Wine suggestion. n. (in combination with "on": despite). Despite what l., no matter what l. [Nezhdanov] felt lonely, despite the affection of his friends. Turgenev, Nov. Despite the wound that weighed on him, hunchback's face wandered cheerful and ... ... Small Academic Dictionary

Books

• I love in spite of everything ..., Herve Bazin. For the first time published in Russian, the novel "I love in spite of everything" brought Herve Bazin the reputation of the best novelist in France. It is based on a love story that made mother and daughter rivals.…
• The art of living, or how to be happy no matter what, Sergey Belkin. The art of being happy is not taught anywhere, but everyone wants to live happy life. But is it possible to be happy, despite everyday problems, misfortunes, illnesses? How to achieve…

"Despite" in its most common form (as a preposition) is written in two words.

Semantics

• Means "not paying attention to anyone".
• Expresses concessive relationships.
• Used with the accusative case.

Consolidated spelling

The spelling of this combination depends on what part of speech is in front of us. Let's look at examples:

• Despite the weather, we had a great walk.
• If two hearts are destined to meet, it will happen regardless of time and distance.
• They felt comfortable in each other's company, despite the long separation.

In all three cases, we are dealing with a preposition in which the word "despite" is correctly written together.

In order to make sure that you have a preposition in front of you, try replacing it with the following words:

1. without taking into account
2. despite
3. in defiance

Was the replacement successful? Then there is no doubt!

Separate spelling

Is it possible to write "in spite of"? Quite if "regardless" is a gerund. We think you know the rule about the separate writing of the particle “not” with this part of speech. It works in our case too. See examples:

• He silently left the audience without even looking at her.
• Regardless of anyone The girl ran out of the room.

In the above sentence, "in spite of" answers the question "doing what?". A synonym is the combination "without looking."

Recognize a preposition (2 words)

Let's formulate the basic principles:

1. The value of the concession.
2. It has a permanent form, that is, the prefix "not" cannot be omitted.
3. It is impossible to ask a question, since the official parts of speech do not have questions.
4. Cannot be replaced with a verb.

Well, do not forget that this preposition is written together with “not”.

How to recognize a gerund (3 words)

Here are the main points to pay attention to:

1. If you omit "not", the meaning will be reversed.
2. With it, there are usually nouns or pronouns with the prepositions "with", "on", "by".
3. Since there is an additional action, in a sentence you will certainly meet a verb with the meaning of the main action.
4. Synonymous with "without looking".

We write separately with a negative particle.

Punctuation

Turnovers with the pretext we are studying are isolated.

• Despite the years, the lady looked amazing.
• A presentable, despite his short stature, middle-aged man entered the hall.
• The girl learned to live on, despite the pain of disappointment.

When a turnover is at the beginning of a sentence, a comma is placed after it, at the end - in front of it, in the middle - commas on both sides.

Synonyms

The preposition "despite" can be replaced by synonyms:

1. contrary;
2. against;
3. though;
4. in defiance;
5. contrary to;
6. across;
7. out of spite;
8. although;
9. regardless of.

Of course, do not forget to pay attention to the context and the appropriateness of using synonyms in a particular style of speech.

Antonyms

We will not consider all antonyms, we will give only the most obvious one - this is the word "thanks".

How do the English speak?

But it is curious how our preposition sounds on English language?

"In spite of"

First of all, it is worth understanding the unspoken rule: if we have “despite” - these are two words, then for the English it will be a combination of one or three (but not two) words.

So let's remember:

• In English, this preposition sounds like despite (without of!) Or in spite of.
• It is followed by either a noun or a gerund.
• You can also say a whole sentence, but be sure to add the phrase the fact that directly after the preposition.

Here are some examples:

1. He is hungry in spite of eating three big hamburgers. He is hungry despite having eaten three big hamburgers.
2. She has a good mood despite the bad weather. She is in a good mood despite the bad weather.
3. Mary likes the dogs despite the fact that the dogs don't like her. Mary loves dogs, even though dogs don't like her.
4. I want to be a singer in spite of the fact that I don't have a voice. I want to be a singer, even though I don't have a voice.

"Although"

There is a word in English although, which translates as "although". Try not to confuse it with despite, otherwise you will get grammatical nonsense.

The word although has two synonyms - though and even though. It would seem, what is the difference? Though is just less common than although. And even though emphasizes surprise by the fact.

Consider examples:

1. He drank my coffee although it was cold. He drank my coffee even though it was cold.
2. Thought all my friends like orange juice, I can't stand it. Although all my friends love orange juice, I can't stand it.
3. Even though 10 men proposed to her, she is still single. Although she has been proposed 10 times, she is still single.

So, now you know how to spell "despite". Despite the apparent ease of the rule, try not to confuse the preposition with the gerund.