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What is the difference between them?
Do they mean the same thing?
1) He asked her on a date, knowing that she was married.
2) He asked her on a date, despite knowing that she was married.
24 ago 2023 12:36
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First of all, you don't need a comma in either one. You would only need a comma if you placed the dependent clauses at the beginning of the sentences.
The second one makes it clear that that the fact that she was married was seen as a drawback or a problem-- either by the subject or by the writer or speaker. In the first one, the writer could be implying that the subject prefers dating married women.
24 agosto 2023
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To my eye, they mean the same thing, and I like the commas, even if they're not needed.
25 agosto 2023
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simba0722
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Inglese, Giapponese
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Inglese
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