Question

Choose the best alternative to improve the sentence:
Despite of being tired, she continued working.

• A. Although she is tired
• B. Though being tired
• C. Despite being tired
• D. Even though tired

Hint:

Grammar Tip: Remember: "Despite" ≠ "Despite of". It's a common error.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Correction: The original sentence "Despite of being tired, she continued working" contains a grammatical error. The preposition "despite" does not take "of." The correct usage is simply "despite."

Evaluating alternatives:

• Although she is tired: This is a dependent clause that incorrectly shifts the tense to the present and doesn't precisely match the original meaning.
• Though being tired: This construction is ungrammatical; "though" is not typically followed by a gerund phrase like "being tired" in this manner.
• Despite being tired: This option rectifies the error by omitting "of" and correctly uses "despite" with the gerund phrase, forming a grammatically sound alternative.
• Even though tired: While potentially acceptable in some informal contexts, this option omits the subject ("she") before "tired," which can be less precise or stylistically awkward in formal writing.

The most accurate and grammatically sound replacement is "Despite being tired."