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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Caused...causing
Is this sentence natural? Would you use cause twice?
A short circuit caused electrical sparks causing the Christmas tree next to it to catch fire.
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A short circuit caused electrical sparks causing the Christmas tree next to it to catch fire.
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The English idiom is to use the phrase "in turn" for repeated locutions:
"A short circuit caused electrical sparks, which in turn caused the Christmas tree to catch fire."
"A short circuit caused electrical sparks, which in turn caused the Christmas tree to catch fire."
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