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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

for = because in this context?

In what way shall a good inventor of hypotheses be guided to his invention? Shall he confine himself only to the hypotheses which, when first he proposes them, seem antecedently probable? If he does this, he condemns himself to relative infertility. For the antecedently probable hypothesis is precisely the hypothesis which lacks any very notable novelty.

Q) I was wondering if "for" in the last sentence can simply be replaced with because.

As far as I know, "for" has a because meaning when it is used with another cluase, but that sentence is very unfamiliar to me.
  

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moon7296 I was wondering if "for" in the last sentence can simply be replaced with because. That would give you the same meaning. Yes.

— CalifJim

  • moon7296 I was wondering if "for" in the last sentence can simply be replaced with because.
  • That would give you the same meaning.
  • Yes.
  • However, the punctuation rules are such that you'd have to join the resulting because -clause to the preceding clause.
  • Actually, to be correctly punctuated, even this for -clause should be connected to the preceding sentence with a comma in between.
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moon7296 I was wondering if "for" in the last sentence can simply be replaced with because.
That would give you the same meaning. Yes.

However, the punctuation rules are such that you'd have to join the resulting because-clause to the preceding clause.

Actually, to be correctly punctuated, even this for-clause should be connect
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Hello Mr.Jim.

Actually, to be correctly punctuated, even this for-clause should be connected to the preceding sentence with a comma in between.
I'd like to ask you one thing.
I have known the coordinate clauses like 'and', 'or', 'but', 'yet', so', or 'for' come after a period.
So I'd like to know whether my
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park sang joonI have known the coordinate clauses like 'and', 'or', 'but', 'yet', so', or 'for' come after a period.
Much of what you read on punctuation in the style manuals is regularly ignored by real-world writers.
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Thank you, Mr.Jim for your valuable advice. Emotion: smile
But, if the former clause is so long, I think we may as well start new sentence for
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park sang joonBut, if the former clause is so long, I think we may as well start a new sentence for the 'for' clause after the period.
That seems to be a reasonable approach.

(Are you developing an aversion to articles?)
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I'm so sorry.
I am never developing, I think. Emotion: crying
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You can't use 'because' after a period.
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