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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Comma and "because"

Comma and "because". Which one for you?

1. 'Their brothers do not expect it, for they are choosing their profession, because it is the one of all others which they desire and because they expect to follow it all their lives.'

2. 'Their brothers do not expect it, for they are choosing their profession because it is the one of all others which they desire and because they expect to follow it all their lives.'
  

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Their brothers do not expect it, for they are choosing their professi on beca use it is the one which they desire and because they expect to follow it all their lives.

  • Their brothers do not expect it, for they are choosing their professi on beca use it is the one which they desire and because they expect to follow it all their lives.
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Their brothers do not expect it, for they are choosing their profession because it is the one which they desire and because they expect to follow it all their lives.
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Could you say why you chose that one? Are different meaning expressed between each version? And here, are there are two different meanings?

He doesn't want to see her because she's a chatterbox....
He doesn't want to see her, because she's a chatterbox....
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AnonymousHe doesn't want to see her because she's a chatterbox.
Why doesn't he want to see her?
AnonymousHe doesn't want to see her, because she's a chatterbox.
Does he want to see her? Why or why not?
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AnonymousHe doesn't want to see her because she's a chatterbox.
Why doesn't he want to see her?>

Would that be better rephrased as "Then why doesn't he want to see her?"
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I don't see that. What I meant was that without the comma, the purpose of the sentence is to tell us why he doesn't want to see her. With the comma, it tells us that he doesn't want to see her and adds the reason.

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