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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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now that

Is 'now that' what you would use in the sentence?

I've been calling you for the past hour and now [that] I'm about to leave/I am leaving the house you pick up. I'll call you back when I get home.

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I can't figure out the logic here. Are you leaving a message on someone's answering machine? Is this what you mean?

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  • I can't figure out the logic here.
  • Are you leaving a message on someone's answering machine?
  • Is this what you mean?
  • I've been calling you for the past hour and now I'm leaving the house to pick up the kids at school.
  • I'll call you back when I get home.
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I can't figure out the logic here. Are you leaving a message on someone's answering machine?
Is this what you mean?

I've been calling you for the past hour and now I'm leaving the house to pick up the kids at school. I'll call you back when I get home.

You can't use "now that" because if you did, the sentence would be a fragment.
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AnonymousIs 'now that' what you would use in the sentence?
Yes.
I've been calling you for the past hour, and now that I'm about to leave the house, you pick up. I'll call you back when I get home.

(As for the logic, one wants to ask why you continued calling up to the point where you wouldn't have enough time left to have the conversation because
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