[susan53]

No - you've phrased the expression in a way it's not used in English - I found no examples at all of in spite of/ despite that fact in either BNC or Brown (UK and US corpora respectively of over 3m words total).

Use : [i]In spite of/Despite + noun phrase within the same sentence - as I used them in my examples. When you want to use a new clause, then use ... the fact that....

Other examples :
In spite of this catastrophe, the bridge was rebuilt
He decided to make the climb, despite the fact that everyone had said it was too dangerous

[fface]

Hi Susan,

Thank you very much for your correction. Could you please check if the example "She wasn't well, but despite this she went to work," which I found from the internet is correct?

[fface]

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Hi Susan,

Thank you very much for your correction. Could you please check if the example "She wasn't well, but despite this she went to work," which I found from the internet is correct?

Hi susan,

Are these also fine?

She wasn't well, despite that/ despite this she went to work.
She wasn't well, but despite that she went to work.
She wasn't well, in spite of that/ in spite of this she went to work.

Thanks a lot.