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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

But I thought you are already a busy lady answering...

Is the following paragraph correct?

Yes, I could have asked you directly. But I thought you are already a busy lady answering many posts everyday, therefore I posted that question in the forums for other members. Sorry, if I have offended you. Next time, I will be careful.
  

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Hi, Yes, I could have asked you directly. But I thought you are already a busy lady answering many posts everyday, therefore I posted that question in the forums for other members. Sorry, if I have offended you.

— Clive

  • Hi, Yes, I could have asked you directly.
  • But I thought you are already a busy lady answering many posts everyday, therefore I posted that question in the forums for other members.
  • Sorry, if I have offended you.
  • Next time, I will be careful.
  • Yes, I could have asked you directly.
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Hi,

Yes, I could have asked you directly. But I thought you are already a busy lady answering many posts everyday, therefore I posted that question in the forums for other members. Sorry, if I have offended you. Next time, I will be careful.

Yes, I could have asked you directly. But I thought you were already
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Thank you, Clive.

[Suggestions are still welcome]
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Clive
Hi,

Yes, I could have asked you directly. But I thought you were already a busy lady answering many posts every day, therefore I posted that question in the forums for other members. Sorry if I have offended you.

But I thought you were already a busy lady answering many po
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Hi,

Yes, it is, although 'therefore' is commonly used as a conjunction. But if I wanted to write more carefully, I'd use 'so'.

If this sentence starts with 'therefore', I'd follow it with a comma.

Clive
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Yoong LiatIs it correct if I split the original sentence into two and them rephrased as above?

Hi Y. Liat,

Couldn't rephrase be used in the place of rephrased in the above sentence? Why are you using past participle?

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Jackson6612
Yoong Liat
Hi Y. Liat,

Couldn't rephrase be used in the place of rephrased in the above sentence? Why are you using past participle? No, I used the simple past, not past participle. Yes, 'rephrase' can be used.

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