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Odessa Dawn Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

"need some rest/want to relax"?

I have been driving all day long. Because of this, I need some rest/want to relax because I am tired and stressed out.

Are both underlined parts OK, please?
  

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They are both OK, but the "Because ... " structure is awkward and repetitive.

— GPY

  • They are both OK, but the "Because ...
  • " structure is awkward and repetitive.
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They are both OK, but the "Because ... because ..." structure is awkward and repetitive.
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I do not know if you OKs to repeat the pronoun "I" more than once in this case.
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Odessa DawnI do not know if you OKs to repeat the pronoun "I" more than once in this case.
In itself, repeating "I" is fine. The problem is the repetition of "because". The structure "Because of X, I do something because of Y" does not work well.
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Editing: I should have written OK not OKs.
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Odessa DawnEditing: I should have written OK not OKs.
If you are referring to your previous post, both these sentences are incorrect:

I do not know if you OKs to repeat the pronoun "I" more than once in this case.
I do not know if you OK to repeat the pronoun "I" more than once in this case.

You can say:

I do not
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