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Uncle Sam is so kind. I don’t like his wife though.
(Paman Sam sangat baik. Namun aku tak suka istrinya.)
4. Contrastive Preposition DESPITE & IN SPITE OF
Pernahkah kamu menggunakan Despite atau In Spite Of dalam Bahasa Inggris?
Penggunaan kata DESPITE dan IN SPITE OF selalu diikuti oleh kata benda
(noun), kata ganti (pronoun) & present participle (V-ing). Oleh sebab itu, mereka
tergolong Preposition.
Despite & In Spite Of masing-masing memiliki arti yang sama, yaitu meskipun,
walaupun, bagaimana pun, terlepas, kendatipun. Kata penghubung Despite
cenderung lebih formal. Tapi mereka memilik arti yang sama.
Jadi, Despite & In Spite Of adalah contoh Contrastive Preposition yang diikuti
oleh kata benda, kata ganti dan kata kerja Verb-ing. Tetap ingat penggunaan IN
dan OF hanya pada kata SPITE saja. Jangan sampai tertukar ya! Yuk baca contoh
Contrastive Preposition Despite dan In Spite Of berikut ini.
I couldn’t sleep well.
I was in a comfortable room.
I couldn’t sleep well despite being in a comfortable room.
(Saya tak bisa tidur nyenyak walaupun berada di kamar yang nyaman.)
She said everything to me.
I can’t stop thinking of her.
Despite everything she said to me, I can’t stop thinking of her.
(Terlepas dari semua yang ia katakana kepadaku, aku tak bisa berhenti
memikirkannya.)
Diana is still doing her homework.
She is very tired.
Diana is still doing her homework in spite of being very tired.
(Diana masih mengerjakan pekerjaan rumahnya (PR) meskipun sangat
kelelahan.)
Arif was totally unwell.
He came earlier than his friends to the football training.
In spite of the fact that he was totally unwell, Arif came earlier than his
friends to the football training. (Walaupun ia benar-benar tidak sehat, Arif
datang lebih awal daripada teman-temannya ke pelatihan sepakbola.
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