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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Participles and Because

Hello, I want to know if I can say:
"I want to be an engineer because being an engineer helps me do..."

I've already heard that I can't use gerund after because, but I think that it's not wrong to be used in this case, am I right?

Thanks in advance
  

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The sentence below is perfectly OK. I want to be an engineer because being an engineer would enable me to get a job anywhere in the world. "

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  • The sentence below is perfectly OK.
  • I want to be an engineer because being an engineer would enable me to get a job anywhere in the world.
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The sentence below is perfectly OK.

I want to be an engineer because being an engineer would enable me to get a job anywhere in the world.

The underlined phrase is the subject of the verb "would enable."
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