I often see sentences begin with "That said"

[Suzy]

Hello Sir Torsten Daerr and Miss Sue D..
Good morning..Nice to know both of you..
Before i started to asking you the question,Let me tell both of you about myself..

My name is Suzy Aries.My nick name is Chi..
Actually,I'm from Malaysian.I'm 18 years old and still study(pre-university).For the next year,I will be sitting for Malaysian University English Test(Muet).I'm quite afraid to face that exams.This is because i'm not confident with myself in listening,speaking,reading and writting.I hope i will scored much better than my SPM last year.This is my 'goals' that i want to achieved and i hope u will teach me of how to improved English.Please Sir..Help me and pity on me the poor..I really want to improved my English..

Sir,

May i ask you something?
What is the differences between English and Inggeris?

[Barb_D]

I don't find either of 2s to be natural at all.

They were popular. *That said, they made a lot of money? That doesn't work. You could say, "Given that, it's not surprising they made a lot of money."
*We're in the rainy season. That said, it's been raining. That doesn't work either.

I've never used "That said" to mean "Therefore, it's not surprising that..."

Perhaps others have, but I would always use it to bring up an argument or point or fact that seems contrary to what was just said.

[timtak]

Barb_D wrote