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Mr. Tom Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

As vs that

Hi

Would you say that both these sentences are equally natural?

Should we leave now that the car is repaired?

Should we leave now as the car is repaired?

Thanks,

Tom
  

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The second sentence (with now as ) does not seem natural to me, but the first is fine. CJ

— CalifJim

  • The second sentence (with now as ) does not seem natural to me, but the first is fine.
  • CJ
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The second sentence (with now as) does not seem natural to me, but the first is fine.

CJ
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Thanks, CJ!

...but I am not familiar with the role of "that" in a sentence like this. I just heard it in a film. Is it working in the sense of "because"? Could you please tell me how you find these sentences?

Should we postpone the visit that he is sick?

That it is raining so hard it wouldn't be wise to take the car out.
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And what about:

As the car is repaired, should we leave now?

Tom
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CalifJimThe second sentence (with now as) does not seem natural to me, but the first is fine.

I assume you are not considering 'as' being used like 'because'...
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Should we postpone the visit that he is sick? Ungrammatical.


That it is raining so hard it wouldn't be wise to take the car out. Ungrammatical.

CJ
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Mr. TomWould you say that both these sentences are equally natural?

Should we leave now that the car is repaired?

Should we leave now as the car is repaired?

Let me revisit the first post. The lack of punctuat
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