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Sitifan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Since her cat was dead,
Since her cat was dead, the old woman has been very lonely.
Is the above sentence acceptable?
Is the above sentence acceptable?
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Since her cat died, the old wman has been very lonely. Because her cat [was dead][has died], the old woman is very lonely. "Since" dates from a certain time - the time of the cat's death.
- Since her cat died, the old wman has been very lonely.
- Because her cat [was dead][has died], the old woman is very lonely.
- "Since" dates from a certain time - the time of the cat's death.
- It's also used to mean "because" but then the use of the present perfect in the second part of the sentence doesn't work.
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Since her cat died, the old wman has been very lonely.
Because her cat [was dead][has died], the old woman is very lonely.
"Since" dates from a certain time - the time of the cat's death. It's also used to mean "because" but then the use of the present perfect in the second part of the sentence doesn't work.
Because her cat [was dead][has died], the old woman is very lonely.
"Since" dates from a certain time - the time of the cat's death. It's also used to mean "because" but then the use of the present perfect in the second part of the sentence doesn't work.
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in second sentence: because her cat was dead, the woman is very lonely
i think the sentence is not true because there is no parallelism between main clause and subsidiaries clause. I am sorry if i am wrong because i am a newbie. could you explain me?
i think the sentence is not true because there is no parallelism between main clause and subsidiaries clause. I am sorry if i am wrong because i am a newbie. could you explain me?
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You're right. "is dead" would be better. Not for the old lady of course.
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Hi Forlan
I agree that the sentence isn't the best with "was" in the subordinate clause and "is" in the main clause. However, you can word the sentence in a number of different ways. For example:
Because her cat had died, the woman was very lonely.
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Because her cat was dead, the woman was very lonely.
-OR-
Because
I agree that the sentence isn't the best with "was" in the subordinate clause and "is" in the main clause. However, you can word the sentence in a number of different ways. For example:
Because her cat had died, the woman was very lonely.
-OR-
Because her cat was dead, the woman was very lonely.
-OR-
Because
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Hi. That was a good explanation.
I think in the sentence "Since her cat died, the old wman has been very lonely." (I think the word "wman" is mispelled), the part "Since her cat died" is more akin to stating a reason and it is not necessarily stating a time like "since 1901." I think these are good/correct. On second toughts, I think it could be stating a time since we could put the words
I think in the sentence "Since her cat died, the old wman has been very lonely." (I think the word "wman" is mispelled), the part "Since her cat died" is more akin to stating a reason and it is not necessarily stating a time like "since 1901." I think these are good/correct. On second toughts, I think it could be stating a time since we could put the words
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