That notwithstanding

[Allen165]

Does "that notwithstanding" have to be followed by a clause or can it stand on its own? For example, "That notwithstanding, you can do as you please on Sundays."

Thanks!

 

[BobK]

It is possible to use it as an absolute construction (like that), but it is rather dated (as is the word 'notwithstanding'). ;-)

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[5jj]

Notwithstanding the beliefs of some of the locals, you can do as you please on Sundays.

The beliefs of some of the locals notwithstanding, you can do as you please on Sundays.


Both of these are fine, but also formal and dated.

 

[apex2000]

Instead of 'that notwithstanding' which is legalese, use 'apart from that'.

 

[TheParser]

Does "that notwithstanding" have to be followed by a clause or can it stand on its own? For example, "That notwithstanding, you can do as you please on Sundays."

Thanks!

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Jasmin,


While reading a scholarly history of the British newspaper profession,

I came across a sentence that reminded me of this thread. Here is an

example of another place where a writer may place the notwithstanding

phrase:

Cecil and Hildebrand Harmsworth, who shared their eldest brother's

disenchantment with Rosebery, took to championing Chamberlain

in their New Liberal Review, its title notwithstanding.

THANK YOU

Source: Stephen Koss, The Rise and Fall of The Political Press
in Britain (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1984), II,
21.