Question

Despite deliberately _____ a personal distance from his co-worker, Josh acknowledged the dangers of working together with such a beautiful woman. he kept he had been keeping was keeping keeping

Answer 1

The answer is KEEPING.
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Answer 2

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Despite deliberately _____ a personal distance from his co-worker, Josh acknowledged the dangers of working together with such a beautiful woman.

1. was keeping

2. keeping

3. he kept

4. he had been keeping

Answer:

The answer is 2. Keeping.

Explanation:

• Although, even though, in spite of and despite are all used to link two contrasting ideas.

• These words are used to show that one fact makes the other fact surprising.

• These connectors can all be used at the beginning or in the middle of the sentence.
• After in spite of and despite, we use a noun, gerund (-ing form of a verb) or a pronoun.
• This means that the 'ing' form of the verb is used after despite.

                Despite + Gerund (or: Despite the fact that...)

• Therefore, the 'ing' form of the verb 'keep' will be used in the sentence, that is, keeping.

Thus, the answer to the question is:

Despite deliberately keeping a personal distance from his co-worker, Josh acknowledged the dangers of working together with such a beautiful woman.