I am trying to understand the following sentence: These men are specifically listed in the history book not because of their messy family relationships but in spite of them. How do you differentiate "not because" with "in spite of" in the sentence?

Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, volume 2 includes the following letter from Darwin to Charles Lyell, written about a review of his new book: P.S.—I must tell you one little fact which has pleased me. You may remember that I adduce electrical organs of fish as one of the greatest difficulties...

I can't understand what the sentence "You never came and you never went" is related to. Does it clarify the previous utterance or is it a new thought which says that the person has never been anywhere? The source is Eudora Welty's story called "A visit of charity". Here is the context: "Hush!” sa...

I am currently studying syllable stress. When I look at the word begonia we can split it into 3 syllables with the stress on 'go'. E.g bih-gohn-yuh. However, the plural form of the word gives me 4 syllables: begonias with the 'go' still stressed. I feel like the nia should be stressed. What is th...

Reading "Anne of Avonlea", I see main characters encounter the problem when by accident the hall that they cared about so much was painted blue instead of green: "Haven't you heard?" said Jane wrathfully. "Well, its simply this. . .Joshua Pye has gone and painted the hall blue instead of green. ...