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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Tricky sentence to formulate

I received the gift, which I opened early because I'm leaving tomorrow and because I needed to see if the present was useful for my travels.

because I'm leaving tomorrow = this clause states why I opened it early

because I needed to see if the present was useful for my travels. = this clause states why I opened it

Since they are both adverbial clauses, but modifying different parts of the relative clause, the sentence seems tricky to formulate. How would you write it?

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Top answer

Now that you've already opened it, you know whether it is useful. I opened it early because I thought it may have been useful to me on my trip, and I'm leaving tomorrow. Both relate to why you opened it early.

— BarbaraPA

  • Now that you've already opened it, you know whether it is useful.
  • I opened it early because I thought it may have been useful to me on my trip, and I'm leaving tomorrow.
  • Both relate to why you opened it early.
  • If you knew it wouldn't be useful for your trip, would you have waited?
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Now that you've already opened it, you know whether it is useful.
I opened it early because I thought it may have been useful to me on my trip, and I'm leaving tomorrow.

Both relate to why you opened it early. If you knew it wouldn't be useful for your trip, would you have waited?
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