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Navitasan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
With the kitchen on fire
Are these sentences correct:
1) They left the house with the kitchen on fire.
2) With the kitchen on fire, they left the house..
3) He left town with his brother in jail.
4) With his brother in jail, he left town.
It seems to me that '2' and '4' express a reason. '1' and '3' do not.
Am I correct?
Gratefully,
Navi.
1) They left the house with the kitchen on fire.
2) With the kitchen on fire, they left the house..
3) He left town with his brother in jail.
4) With his brother in jail, he left town.
It seems to me that '2' and '4' express a reason. '1' and '3' do not.
Am I correct?
Gratefully,
Navi.
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Basically, yes. #1 and #3 are simple statements. #2 and #4 suggest that the action was caused by the earlier event.
- Basically, yes.
- #1 and #3 are simple statements.
- #2 and #4 suggest that the action was caused by the earlier event.
- " In which case you need a verb.
- Because his brother was in jail, he left town.
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Basically, yes.
#1 and #3 are simple statements.
#2 and #4 suggest that the action was caused by the earlier event. However, if you wanted to clearly stress a cause (or a "reason"), then I would use "because" rather than "with." In which case you need a verb.
Because his brother was in jail, he left town.
#1 and #3 are simple statements.
#2 and #4 suggest that the action was caused by the earlier event. However, if you wanted to clearly stress a cause (or a "reason"), then I would use "because" rather than "with." In which case you need a verb.
Because his brother was in jail, he left town.
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navitasanIt seems to me that '2' and '4' express a reason. '1' and '3' do not.More or less, yes. '2' and '4' almost suggest abandonment, more so in '4'.
CJ
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