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Alc24 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

With or because

How to say this naturally?

1 I couldn't hear my phone with the music so loud./because the music was so loud.

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Hi, I couldn't hear my phone ringing because of the loud music. I couldn't hear my phone ringing because the music was so loud / noisy. "With" is inappropriate here.

— Regards

  • Hi, I couldn't hear my phone ringing because of the loud music.
  • I couldn't hear my phone ringing because the music was so loud / noisy.
  • "With" is inappropriate here.
  • Regards
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Hi,

I couldn't hear my phone ringing because of the loud music.

I couldn't hear my phone ringing because the music was so loud / noisy.

"With" is inappropriate here.

Regards
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alc24
How to say this naturally?

1 I couldn't hear my phone with the music so loud./because the music was so loud.

Thank you
You need to be aware that you are dealing with two sentence structures here.

I couldn't hear my phone [with the music (blasting) so loud.] main clause + adverb
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