{"id":9144,"date":"2020-11-02T22:10:34","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T22:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/?p=9144"},"modified":"2023-04-10T13:18:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T13:18:01","slug":"comma-before-or-after-despite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-despite\/","title":{"rendered":"Comma before or after &#8220;despite: The Definitive Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>img#mv-trellis-img-1::before{padding-top:150%; }img#mv-trellis-img-1{display:block;}<\/style><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you ever been in doubt about where to put sneaky commas in sentences?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, have you mistakenly thought of a word belonging to one <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/academicguides.waldenu.edu\/writingcenter\/grammar\/partsofspeech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>part of speech<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when, in fact, it doesn&rsquo;t?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writing may seem to be one of the most agonizing tasks for most people, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-except-the-definitive-guide\/\"><b>except<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for experts in the field of course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choosing the right word, constructing and deconstructing sentences, deciding where to punctuate, and selecting appropriate cohesive devices are just a few of the most common writing concerns; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/but-rather-in-a-sentence\/\"><b>but<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, these mustn&rsquo;t mess your head up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This post aims to lay down comma-related decisions with the conjunction-seeming word, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">despite.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br>\n[toc]\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Is a comma necessary before or after &ldquo;despite&rdquo;?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>A simple answer would be: no it isn&rsquo;t.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Since <i>despite <\/i>is generally used as a preposition similar to &ldquo;in spite of&rdquo;, a comma is not necessary before it, unless it acts as the first parenthetical discourse element.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, a comma is rather unnecessary after it, as well, unless it is the last word of either a mid-sentence parenthetical expression or introductory statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thirdly, it may only require the assistance of commas when it appears in a serial list (which would most likely happen only if you&rsquo;re writing a blog like this).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Comma before &ldquo;despite&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although we might be prompted to think that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">despite <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a conjunction because of its contrastive or concessional connotation, it actually is a preposition, at least in most cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we check for other interpretations or synonyms online, we may find suggestions such as the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/conjunctions\/\" title=\"conjunctions\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">conjunctions<\/a> although, even though, or even if, which could explain the confusion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a preposition, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">despite<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is normally followed by a noun, a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/appositive-phrases\/\"><b>noun phrase<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or a pronoun and does not require a comma unless the intention of the writer is to emanate emphasis on the prepositional phrase introduced by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">despite.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When highlighting the despite-phrase, we need to stylistically insert commas around to clearly<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">segregate the fragment from the rest of the sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-now\/\"><b>now<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> known as parenthesis or parenthetical expression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b><i>Despite<\/i><\/b><b> as a parenthetical element<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parenthetical expressions are auxiliary speech elements enclosed by commas, brackets, or em dashes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The information contained in parentheses is grammatically inessential yet stylistically significant, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-thereby\/\"><b>thereby<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> optional and dispensable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means that a <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-rules\/\" title=\"comma placement\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">comma placement<\/a> would be necessary before <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">despite <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when we use it as the initial parenthetical word.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\">The movie we&rsquo;ve just watched, despite being deadly hilarious, was despised by many other cinemagoers.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sentence above is followed by a gerund-phrase or a verb disguising as a noun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, let&rsquo;s maybe look at something less controversial than a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-gerund\/\"><b>gerund<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\">The female protagonist, despite her fears, has managed to capture the hearts of the masses with her dauntless performance.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Comma after &ldquo;despite&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As mentioned above,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> w<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e rarely need a comma placement after <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">despite <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">except for a handful of cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first one is when it serves as the final word in a parenthetical insertion, which may be done if it is used as a verb or a noun instead of a preposition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another is when it acts, again, as a verb or a noun in an introductory phrase.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b><i>Despite<\/i><\/b><b> as a final parenthetical element<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The nominal (referring to nouns) meaning of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">despite <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">would be more or less equivalent to &ldquo;contempt&rdquo; or &ldquo;hatred&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other words, it is a feeling of anger or rage out of an unfavorable circumstance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we structure our parenthetical expression<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in such a way that it ends with the noun form of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">despite, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">then a comma has to be placed after it.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\">Martha, out of despite, has burnt all of her husband&rsquo;s belongings.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, the verb <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to despite<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as you may have already guessed,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">means to evoke hatred or anger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The verb sense, however, is generally treated as archaic and obsolete; therefore, it is rarely used in contemporary texts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A parenthetical statement ending in the verb <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">despite <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">essentially needs a subsequent comma, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\">Aaron, whom Martha&rsquo;s parents also despite, was recently sued for adultery.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b><i>Despite <\/i><\/b><b>as an introductory phrase&rsquo;s final element<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting sentences with introductory phrases are useful in providing initial background context to the succeeding information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">despite <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">appears as the last word of this kind of statement, then a comma is particularly positioned right after it, irrespective of the part of speech it belongs.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\">Due to Martha&rsquo;s despite, she resorted to burning all of her husband&rsquo;s belongings.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>When is a comma not necessary before or after <\/b><b><i>despite<\/i><\/b><b>?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The answer to this is&hellip;pretty much all the time, except for the above-mentioned circumstances <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-usage-in-particular\/\"><b>in particular<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some specific examples to make the distinction as clear as bell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b><i>Despite <\/i><\/b><b>as a preposition<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a preposition used to convey the true existence of information &ldquo;x&rdquo; even though &ldquo;y&rdquo; also exists; thus, the emphasis of &ldquo;x&rdquo; would not be clearly implied without stating &ldquo;y&rdquo; (despite-phrase).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That definition seems to be a bit of a mouthful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Put simply, we use it for highlighting the occurrence of an action or idea despite the presence of another surprising entity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technicalities aside, we only need to<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/bare-in-mind-vs-bear-in-mind\/\"><b>bear in mind<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, though, that prepositional phrases are not to be syntactically tethered by commas in sentences.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\">We took a quick dip despite the cold.<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\">They sailed despite the brewing storm.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b><i>Despite <\/i><\/b><b>as a noun<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">despite <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in its nominal sense is relatively easy because we only need to structure it either as a subject or object in the sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without ifs and buts, commas are always insignificant in these cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\">Despite is synonymous with contempt and hatred.<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\">Contempt and hatred are synonymous with despite.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b><i>Despite <\/i><\/b><b>as a verb<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even if the verbal sense of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">despite <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is already outdated, knowing how to use it wouldn&rsquo;t hurt a fly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similar to its nominal case,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">commas are also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-nonetheless\/\"><b>nonetheless<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> useless in<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">these instances.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\">The local chapter&rsquo;s members despite misogyny.<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\">She despites the anti-Semitic comments of the show&rsquo;s host.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Essentializing the despite-phrase<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, there are times wherein the information contained in the despite-phrase may or may not be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-after-so\/\"><b>so<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> essential.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Treating sentence elements as essential or nonessential mainly depends on the background context of the information as well as the intention of the writer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, the decision here is optional and should, again, not stress our brain cells out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The key strategy for determining comma usage lies beneath the subsequent question: without providing any background context, would you still be able to convey the intended information as clearly as even after removing the despite-phrase?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If yes, then the comma is optional. If not, then a comma is unnecessary as with the sentence below.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\">He went on despite his hesitations.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, compared to the next sentence sample with an optional comma, the necessity of the despite-phrase could be grammatically<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">left out since it only serves as additional information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only difference it would make is the extent of the significance of the information in light of the whole sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adding a comma makes it a parenthetical expression, whereas its removal transforms it into an utterly essential part of the sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:12px;-moz-border-radius:12px;-webkit-border-radius:12px;\">Out in the woods, alone and starving, the poor boy incessantly shivered(,) despite the duvet-thick coat on top of his tracksuit.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9151 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-Despite-Pin.png\" alt=\"Comma Before or After Despite\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-Despite-Pin.png 320w, 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data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having the skill to efficiently determine comma placements within sentences elicits linguistic and cognitive flexibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence, reading a blog or two about it would be rather helpful than disadvantageous, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-albeit\/\"><b>albeit<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tasking and time-consuming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, dedicating time to apply comma-governing grammatical and stylistic rules in actual writing would aid in better retention, because as hardcore behaviorists say, &ldquo;Life is a habit.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever been in doubt about where to put sneaky commas in sentences? And, have you mistakenly thought of a word belonging to one part of speech when, in fact, it doesn&rsquo;t? Writing may seem to be one of the most agonizing tasks for most people, except for experts in the field of course. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable-in-feed":false,"article-schema-type":"","disable-critical-css":false,"_convertkit_action_broadcast_export":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,1119,1116],"tags":[80,151,150],"class_list":["post-9144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-comma-rules","category-grammar","tag-comma","tag-comma-after-despite","tag-comma-before-despite"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9144"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24520,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9144\/revisions\/24520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}