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Styler1 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Just because [sentence] doesn't mean...
Is this an idiomatic expression or grammatically incorrect?
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Hi Aksylish I assume you mean a sentence such as this: Just because he's wrong doesn't mean you're right. It seems to me that you can look at "just because he's wrong" as a single idea or fact which serves as the subject of the sentence. In other words: That fact doesn't mean you're right.
- Hi Aksylish I assume you mean a sentence such as this: Just because he's wrong doesn't mean you're right.
- It seems to me that you can look at "just because he's wrong" as a single idea or fact which serves as the subject of the sentence.
- In other words: That fact doesn't mean you're right.
- The American Heritage Dictionary tells us that this sort of "just because" construction is perfectly acceptable, but also that it has a colloquial flavor.
- I'd say that's a good description.
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Hi Aksylish
I assume you mean a sentence such as this:
Just because he's wrong doesn't mean you're right.
It seems to me that you can look at "just because he's wrong" as a single idea or fact which serves as the subject of the sentence. In other words:
That fact doesn't mean you're right.
The American Heritage Dictionary tells us that t
I assume you mean a sentence such as this:
Just because he's wrong doesn't mean you're right.
It seems to me that you can look at "just because he's wrong" as a single idea or fact which serves as the subject of the sentence. In other words:
That fact doesn't mean you're right.
The American Heritage Dictionary tells us that t
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