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Hossien Jazayeri Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Which is correct?

Which is grammatically correct?
A. Careless driving causes many unexpected accidents these days.
B. Careless driving is caused many unexpected accidents these days.
  

Top answer

They are both correct grammatically. Only A is logical and makes sense, however. B is illogical because unexpected accidents are (usually) the result and not the cause of careless driving.

— Anonymous

  • They are both correct grammatically.
  • Only A is logical and makes sense, however.
  • B is illogical because unexpected accidents are (usually) the result and not the cause of careless driving.
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They are both correct grammatically. Only A is logical and makes sense, however.
B is illogical because unexpected accidents are (usually) the result and not the cause of careless driving.
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Hossien JazayeriWhich is grammatically correct?
Grammatically, both sentences are correct. However, I believe that you will want to use sentence A. Here's why:

Careless driving causes many unexpected accidents these days means:
Careless driving --> (leads to) --> unexpected accidents

Careless driving is caused many unexpec
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AnonymousThey are both correct grammatically.
B is not correct grammatically. It would be if were ... by many unexpected accidents... . But, as you correctly said, it would be illogical.
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fivejedjonB is not correct grammatically. It would be if were ... by many unexpected accidents... . But, as you correctly said, it would be illogical.
You are right! I completely missed the missing 'by' as well!
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Yes, fivejedjon, that is absolutely correct. Without the "by", statement B is incorrect, and with the "by" it is illogical.

Ironic that "carelessness" is the topic of the sentence.
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