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Lucas21c Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Could you help me?

Can I say "As wanting to go there, I phoned my dad." instead of "Because I wanted to go there, I phoned my dad."?

Or should I remove "as" in the first one, like "Wanting to go there, I phoned my dad."?

I hope you will answer it.

Thanks.

  

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Hi,

Can I say No "As wanting to go there, I phoned my dad." instead of "Because I wanted to go there, I phoned my dad."?

Or should I remove "as" Yes in the first one, like "Wanting to go there, I phoned my dad."? Note this way of speaking is more common in writing, where we get more of a chance to think about our sentence before we produce it.

Also possible, b

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