NNURP wrote:
Few Point First - The use of "Despite" and "Despite the fact that" is both ok here.
- "despite" takes Gerund, Noun or Noun phrase. BUT never a clause
- "despite the fact that" takes clause.
(A) growing number of people who purchase plane tickets online, airline executives are convinced that, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers to automatic teller machines, many travelers will
-Correct
(B) growing number of people who purchase
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