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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Can subject be omitted after but or because?

I guess:
1 She came because wanted to see me

2 I arrived late but was excused

are both wrong. Not so sure about the second.

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1 She came because she wanted to see me . "Because" is a subordinating conjunction. It starts a new clause, which has a subject and verb.

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  • 1 She came because she wanted to see me .
  • "Because" is a subordinating conjunction.
  • It starts a new clause, which has a subject and verb.
  • 2 I arrived late but was excused .
  • This is fine.
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1 She came because she wanted to see me.

"Because" is a subordinating conjunction. It starts a new clause, which has a subject and verb.

2 I arrived late but was excused.

This is fine. "But" is a coordinating conjunction, and can link the two verbs together. That makes a compound verb, with one subject.

Here is a good lesson on conjunctions
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