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Navitasan Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Because only he could
Who stole your mother's purse?
1) Obviously the butler did it, as only he could.
2) Obviously the butler did it, because only he could.
(I am saying the butler did it, because nobody else could have done it.) =
3) Nobody else could have saved them. So I saved them, as only I could.
4) Nobody else could have saved them. So I saved them, because only I could.
(I saved them, because nobody else could have done it.) Are sentences 1, 2, 3 and 4 correct in the given contexts? Gratefully,Navi
1) Obviously the butler did it, as only he could.
2) Obviously the butler did it, because only he could.
(I am saying the butler did it, because nobody else could have done it.) =
3) Nobody else could have saved them. So I saved them, as only I could.
4) Nobody else could have saved them. So I saved them, because only I could.
(I saved them, because nobody else could have done it.) Are sentences 1, 2, 3 and 4 correct in the given contexts? Gratefully,Navi
Top answer
As and because are synonymous in your sentences. CB
- As and because are synonymous in your sentences.
- CB
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"As" can be misinterpreted. "As only X could" is a formula meaning that X did it better than anyone else could have done it.
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