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Fire1 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Can a conjunction be in another conjunction?

A. I'm glad she didn't send it because I don't want it with me as I'm sure it would be easily lost.


There's two conjunctions in A, "because" and "as".


Q1) So what I'm curious about is whether "as I'm not sure it would be easily lost" belongs to [X], or elsewhere, if I simplify sentence A as "I'm glad she didn't send it because [X]".


Q2) If Q1 is right, is sentence B below correct English as well?


B. Will you please come and stand in front of me?, because I don't want to strain my eyes as I look directly into yours.

  

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fire1 Q1) So what I'm curious about is whether "as I'm not sure it would be easily lost" belongs to [X], or elsewhere, if I simplify sentence A as "I'm glad she didn't send it because [X]". I think you put a "not" in there that does not belong. It goes with X, probably because that makes sense.

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  • fire1 Q1) So what I'm curious about is whether "as I'm not sure it would be easily lost" belongs to [X], or elsewhere, if I simplify sentence A as "I'm glad she didn't send it because [X]".
  • I think you put a "not" in there that does not belong.
  • It goes with X, probably because that makes sense.
  • fire1 Q2) If Q1 is right, is sentence B below correct English as well?
  • ," like that.
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fire1Q1) So what I'm curious about is whether "as I'm not sure it would be easily lost" belongs to [X], or elsewhere, if I simplify sentence A as "I'm glad she didn't send it because [X]".

I think you put a "not" in there that does not belong.

It goes with X, probably because that makes sense.

fire1Q2) If Q1 is right, is se
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fire1Q1) So what I'm curious about is whether "as I'm not sure it would be easily lost" belongs to [X], or elsewhere, if I simplify sentence A as "I'm glad she didn't send it because [X]".

Yes, it belongs to "X" (explains why "I don't want it with me"). The sentence is just slightly awkward though.

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fire1... stand in front of me?, because I don't want ...

In case you're interested, there's an easy way of fixing this to the satisfaction of those who dislike sentence fragments that begin with 'because'.

... stand in front of me? I ask because I don't want ...

And your heading should be talking about a clause in a clause, which is nor

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