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8 Great Projects Apple Killed Like Its Electric Car
The Apple Car is one of the highest-profile projects Apple failed to complete, but it's far from the only one.
______ being renowned for its innovations, Apple has had no choice but to abandon several projects over the past decades.
Here, we'll take a trip down memory lane and revisit Apple's canceled projects and other products that didn't make the market.
(Adapted from https://www.makeuseof.com)
8 Great Projects Apple Killed Like Its Electric Car
The Apple Car is one of the highest-profile projects Apple failed to complete, but it's far from the only one.
______ being renowned for its innovations, Apple has had no choice but to abandon several projects over the past decades.
Here, we'll take a trip down memory lane and revisit Apple's canceled projects and other products that didn't make the market.
(Adapted from https://www.makeuseof.com)
Resolução comentada
'Despite' seguido de gerúndio completa a frase.
'Despite being renowned' tem a estrutura preposição + gerúndio, que é a correta. 'Despite' já inclui o sentido de 'in spite of'.
Análise das alternativas
'Although', 'Even though' e 'Even if' são conjunções e exigem sujeito + verbo, não gerúndio. 'In spite' sozinho está incompleto e precisa de 'of'.
Referência: Gramática inglesa – conectivos de contraste
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