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SuperESL Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Therefore
"The notion that because Stalin was a ruthless Communist who believed in radical solutions to societal problems [therefore] the course of Soviet history could not have been very different from the way it was is false."
Do I need to insert a comma in front of 'therefore'? Does the sentence work?
"Stalin was a ruthless Communist who believed in radical solutions to societal problems, [therefore], the course of Soviet history could not have been very different from the way it was."
Is my usage of 'therefore' correct in this sentence?
Thank you.
Do I need to insert a comma in front of 'therefore'? Does the sentence work?
"Stalin was a ruthless Communist who believed in radical solutions to societal problems, [therefore], the course of Soviet history could not have been very different from the way it was."
Is my usage of 'therefore' correct in this sentence?
Thank you.
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You need to choose between "because" and "therefore". You can't have them both.
- You need to choose between "because" and "therefore".
- You can't have them both.
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You need to choose between "because" and "therefore". You can't have them both.
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Hi,
"The notion that because Stalin was a ruthless Communist who believed in radical solutions to societal problems [therefore] the course of Soviet history could not have been very different from the way it was is false."
Do I need to insert a comma in front of 'therefore'? Does the sentence work? It's clumsy.
"The notion that because Stalin was a ruthless Communist who believed in radical solutions to societal problems [therefore] the course of Soviet history could not have been very different from the way it was is false."
Do I need to insert a comma in front of 'therefore'? Does the sentence work? It's clumsy.
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Thank you. A related question, on the use of an adverb as a conjunction:
It seems to me that 'hence' is routinely used as a conjunction, as in:
"We suspect they are trying to hide something, hence the need for an independent inquiry."
It seems to me that structurally the above example is not so different from this following example from my original post:
"Stalin was
It seems to me that 'hence' is routinely used as a conjunction, as in:
"We suspect they are trying to hide something, hence the need for an independent inquiry."
It seems to me that structurally the above example is not so different from this following example from my original post:
"Stalin was
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Hi again,
Things that are routinely done are not necessarily careful writing. And careful writing seems to be what you are interested in.
Read eg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunctive_adver
Things that are routinely done are not necessarily careful writing. And careful writing seems to be what you are interested in.
Read eg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunctive_adver
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