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Navitasan Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Because

Which are grammatical and make sense:

1) The movie was powerful, because I can't stop thinking about it.
2) The movie was powerful, as I can't stop thinking about it.
3) The movie was powerful, since I can't stop thinking about it.

Meaning: I say that the movie was powerful because I can't stop thinking about it.

Gratefully,
Navi.
  

Top answer

All are grammatical, but none of them makes sense. To my ear the causation is backwards. You need: I can't stop thinking about the movie because it was so powerful.

— CalifJim

  • All are grammatical, but none of them makes sense.
  • To my ear the causation is backwards.
  • You need: I can't stop thinking about the movie because it was so powerful.
  • To use the clause order you have, you need something like The movie must have been very powerful because I can't stop thinking about it.
  • (By the way, you need to remove all those commas.
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All are grammatical, but none of them makes sense. To my ear the causation is backwards. You need:

I can't stop thinking about the movie because it was so powerful.

To use the clause order you have, you need something like The movie must have been very powerful because I can't stop thinking about it.

(By the way, you need to remove all those commas. Use
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Thank you very much, CalifJim,

Do these work:
4) The movie must have been powerful as I can't stop thinking about it.
5) The movie must have been powerful since I can't stop thinking about it.

Gratefully,
Navi.

Gratefully,
Navi.
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navitasanDo these work:4) The movie must have been powerful as I can't stop thinking about it. 5) The movie must have been powerful since I can't stop thinking about it.
Yes. 4) is better than 5), however.
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