Phaedrus
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Yes. The same idea can be conveyed by sentences which are structured differently.
Indeed. Just to clarify how my suggestion relates to the others, hhtt21 asked the following question:
Would you please explain why "in spite of I'm tired" is incorrect?
"In spite of I am tired" is not just slightly incorrect; it is totally ungrammatical. There are two ways of fixing it:
1. We can correct "I am tired" and leave "in spite of."
2. We can correct "in spite of" and leave "I am tired."
You guys took the first approach. I took the second. Both are valid approaches. Both correct hhtt21's ungrammatical specimen. And both converge at the level of meaning.