Use of for
This text is from "Conversations with God"
These, then, are the tools with which I communicate, yet they are not the methods, for not all feelings, not all thoughts, not all experience, and not all words are from Me.
I assume that the highlighted word for is being used here as because. Are there certain conditions where we use 'for' instead of 'because' ?
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ShekharMalhotra I assume that the highlighted word for is being used here as because. Right. ShekharMalhotra Are there certain conditions where we use 'for' instead of 'because' ?
- ShekharMalhotra I assume that the highlighted word for is being used here as because.
- Right.
- ShekharMalhotra Are there certain conditions where we use 'for' instead of 'because' ?
- Not really, except that you cannot begin a sentence with for: Because she likes me, we will marry.
- (X) For she likes me, we will marry.
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ShekharMalhotraI assume that the highlighted word for is being used here as because.
Right.
ShekharMalhotraAre there certain conditions where we use 'for' instead of 'because' ?
Not really, except that you cannot begin a sentence with for:
Because she likes me, we will marry.
(X) For she
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