Timeline for Non-standard "because" usage - is it valid?
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| Nov 15, 2012 at 22:53 | comment | added | eswald | Both of these passages work even better when because is elided in favor of a comma, though it would leave the causal connection implied at best; is that true in all such cases? | |
| Oct 14, 2011 at 17:20 | vote | accept | Chad Birch | ||
| Oct 11, 2011 at 22:25 | history | edited | Chad Birch | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added second example
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| Oct 7, 2011 at 4:33 | comment | added | Jeremy | The context, with censorship: "There were bonfires, fist-fights, and dogs sniffing each other in Charing Cross, and Jack was silent for a while, because alert. But Roger's Jack, Daniel, and Isaac..." I still don't understand why Stephenson did that sentence. Haven't read this book but I've read others and I've seen nothing like that. | |
| Oct 6, 2011 at 21:36 | answer | added | Jay | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 6, 2011 at 19:09 | answer | added | Barrie England | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 6, 2011 at 18:35 | history | asked | Chad Birch | CC BY-SA 3.0 |