Which sentence is correct?

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0I work at a school as an ALT and one of the teachers asked me to help him. He has 2 different versions of the same book that have different sentences and he asked me which sentence is correct.02br02br00A says, "If we understand these differences, we will be happier, because we now know why men and women see and do things differently."02br02br00B says, "If we understand these differences, we will be happier because we will then know why men and women see things differently."02br02br00I said that B is correct because "we will be happier" and "we will then know" agree in tense. Is this correct?02br02br00Also, does B need the second coma?02br02br00Are they both correct? If so, why?02br02br00Thanks in advance. - bdmp0-

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

0 I would say that both are grammatically correct, but B makes more sense to me. No additional commas are needed.02br
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Rvw · Answer

0 Without the context, it's hard to be sure. 02br
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00But if the context is something like: "Men have more of hormone XYZ, whereas women have more of ABC. If we understand these differences, we will be happier, because we will then know why men and women see things differently." 02br
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00I favor the future tense -- B. Even though the 01i00if 02i00clause is in the present tense, I think its meaning, in this context, is "If [01font00as time goes by02font00] we [01font00continue to02font00] understand [01font00into the future02font00] these differences...." Then we 01font00will be02font00 happier and we 01font00will know02font00 why.... 02br
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00I favor a comma before 01font00because02font00, because it separates the long concluding clause. 050010id2

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