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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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Do these mean the same thing?

“Notwithstanding the fact that I hadn’t seen a movie in ages, this one was a boring watch.”

”Even aside from the fact that I hadn’t seen a movie in ages, this one was a boring watch.”

  

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No, they do not mean the same thing. ________________________________________________________________ “Notwithstanding the fact that I hadn’t seen a movie in ages, this one was boring to watch. ” This is OK, but in my experience more common than notwithstanding is in spite of '.

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No, they do not mean the same thing.

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“Notwithstanding the fact that I hadn’t seen a movie in ages, this one was boring to watch. a boring watch.”

This is OK, but in my experience more common than notwithstanding is in spite of'.

The notwitstanding / inspite of clau