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Chandrasekhar Reddy Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Are my sentences correct?

1. I did not get a chance to complete the task as I was held up with many meetings today.
2. I did not complete the task as I was held up with other priority tasks.
  

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'As' is usually a non-native choice because it is confusable with 'as' = 'when'. 'Because' works just as well and it not ambiguous. 1.

— Mister Micawber

  • 'As' is usually a non-native choice because it is confusable with 'as' = 'when'.
  • 'Because' works just as well and it not ambiguous.
  • 1.
  • I did not get a chance to complete the task because I was held up with many meetings today.
  • 2.
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'As' is usually a non-native choice because it is confusable with 'as' = 'when'. 'Because' works just as well and it not ambiguous.

1. I did not get a chance to complete the task because I was held up with many meetings today.
2. I did not complete the task because I was held up with other priorities.
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