Learn English – How to use “in spite of” rather than “although”

conjunctionspersonal-pronouns

My health hasn't improved although I take prescribed medicine regularly.

If I rewrite this sentence by using " In spite of ", should the pronoun "I" be put or not? For example:

In spite of I taking prescribed medicine regularly, my health hasn't improved.

Best Answer

The preposition phrase in spite of requires that a noun phrase of some kind must follow it - you can't just put a sentence there.

The correct phrasing is:

In spite of taking prescribed medicine regularly, my health hasn't improved.

The noun phrase taking prescribed medicine regularly refers to the act, and the person doing it, which was previously I, is now provided by the second part of the sentence, my health hasn't improved.

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