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Sb70012 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Specially that / sinceit had never happened before.

It worries me that the letter hasn't arrived, specially …… it had never happened before.

a)since (Answer Key)
b)that
c)though
d)further

Source: school exam

Hello,
Option B (that) works for me. Why doesn't B work for you?

I mean "specially that it had never happened before." makes sense. I don't know why B (that) can not work in the above question.

Any guidance?

Thank you.
  

Top answer

It worries me that the letter hasn't arrived, specially because / since it had never happened before. You are explaining the reason for the worry. Only because or since works here.

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  • It worries me that the letter hasn't arrived, specially because / since it had never happened before.
  • You are explaining the reason for the worry.
  • Only because or since works here.
  • By the way, I would not have used past perfect, but simple past or present perfect.
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It worries me that the letter hasn't arrived, specially because / since it had never happened before.

You are explaining the reason for the worry. Only because or since works here.
By the way, I would not have used past perfect, but simple past or present perfect.
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sb70012It worries me that the letter hasn't arrived, especially since it has never happened before.
The sentence should be as shown above.

If you use "that", it will go with "worry", thus:

It worries me that the letter hasn't arrived, e
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