despite の前置詞ミス (3級超頻出ひっかけ)
despite + 名詞 ("despite the rain")
"despite of the rain" は誤り (of 不要!)
in spite of + 名詞 (こちらは of 必須、"in spite of the rain")
似ているが of の有無が逆転、試験頻出ひっかけ。
despite + 動名詞 (-ing) = despite + 名詞句の応用 ("despite being tired")。
despite the fact that + S + V = 節を取りたい時の構文 ("despite the fact that he won")。
despite vs although の節/名詞区別
"Although he was tired" (節) = "Despite being tired" (動名詞) = "Despite his tiredness" (名詞) の3パターン書き換え。