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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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The reason that
1. I came here for the reason that I want to apologise.
2. The reason that I have come here is to apologise.
In the first sentence "that I want to apologise" is in apposition with "the reason" because "that I want to apologise" is "the reason". But why do we write "that I have come here" in apposiyion with "the reason" in the second sentence where "that I have come here" is not "the reason".
2. The reason that I have come here is to apologise.
In the first sentence "that I want to apologise" is in apposition with "the reason" because "that I want to apologise" is "the reason". But why do we write "that I have come here" in apposiyion with "the reason" in the second sentence where "that I have come here" is not "the reason".
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I can't help you with the analysis for sentence #1 the way it's written, but I can tell you that it would be much better to simply say, "I came here to apoligize."
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