Connectors such as "despite" and "in spite of" are used to express contrast between two ideas. However, they differ in the grammatical structures that can follow them. Analyze the options below and choose the sentence in which the connector is used in a grammatically acceptable and contextually natural way:
- A despite he was highly qualified, the position was given to another candidate
- B in spite of he had excellent credentials, Peter didn’t get the promotion
- C Peter didn’t get the position in spite of he had all the required criteria
- D the position was given to another candidate despite the fact that Peter had more experience