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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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i'm pretty sure that these expressions are correct but my teacher say "no!"

0 "to fail at many subjects"02br
00"because of being poor" //my teacher said that "because" can't go with "of".02br
00"to reach a goal" //my teacher said i have to use achieve instead of reach.02br
00"to want that somebody does something" //my teacher says "want + that" is improper english.02br
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00thx volunt33r teach0s 050010id1
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Anonymous12cite 10"to fail at many subjects"12br 10"because of being poor" //my teacher said that "because" can't go with "of". 11b 11font 10depending on context, it could be perfectly correct12font 12b 12br 10"to reach a goal" //my teacher said i have to use achieve instead of reach. 11b 11font 10"achieve" may be more sophisticated, but "reach" is fine12font 12b 12br 10"to want that somebody does something" //my teacher says "want + that" is improper english.

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  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Anonymous12cite 10"to fail at many subjects"12br 10"because of being poor" //my teacher said that "because" can't go with "of".
  • 11b 11font 10depending on context, it could be perfectly correct12font 12b 12br 10"to reach a goal" //my teacher said i have to use achieve instead of reach.
  • 11b 11font 10"achieve" may be more sophisticated, but "reach" is fine12font 12b 12br 10"to want that somebody does something" //my teacher says "want + that" is improper english.
  • 11b 11font 10More common: I want somebody 11u 10to do12u 10 something.
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10"to fail at many subjects"12br
10"because of being poor" //my teacher said that "because" can't go with "of". 11b11font10depending on context, it could be perfectly correct12font12b12br
10"to reach a goal" //my teacher said i have to
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0 01blockquote
01cite10Anonymous12cite10"to fail at many subjects"12br
10"because of being poor" //my teacher said that "because" can't go with "of".12br
10"to reach a goal" //my teacher said i have to use achieve instead of reach.12br
10"to want that somebody does something" //my teacher says "want + that" is improp
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0 I don't feel that you can have because with of. 0-
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0Hey Flygonwings, as Philip wrote it depends on the context but you can have "because" followed by "of" when it means "by reason of": e.g. I can't sleep because of the insomnia02br
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00Cheers 050010id1
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because of
due to
on account of
as
owing to

all the same...
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Please check the knowledge of your teacher, man.
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