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Read the following advanced sentence carefully and identify the segment that contains a grammatical or idiomatic error:"Despite of the fact that the multinational corporation implemented rigorous cost-cutting measures last quarter, they failed to prevent a significant decline in net operating revenues."Identify the option that accurately highlights the error according to standard English syntax.
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Detailed Explanation
The error lies in the phrase "Despite of the fact that". In standard English grammar, the preposition 'despite' is synonymous with 'in spite of', but it never takes the preposition 'of' directly after it. You write either 'Despite the fact that...' or 'In spite of the fact that...'. Mixing them into 'despite of' constitutes a common structural redundancy and lexical error. To learn more about prepositional complements and adverbial clauses, refer to Wikipedia Reference.
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