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ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF REASON

An adverbial clause of reason answers the question Why? A reason clause is introduced by the subordinate conjunctions like because, since, and as.

BECAUSE

Because is used when the reason is the most important part of the sentence. Therefore, it is usually put after the main clause.

Example I couldnt come to your party because I was rather sick. The car crashed because the driver was careless. Mark joined the English Drama Club because he wanted to improve his intonation.

SINCE AND AS

Since and as are used when the reason is already well known, or less important than the rest of the sentence. Since is a little more formal than as. Since (often for scientific reasons) and as (often for habitual reasons) often begin the sentence.

Example

Since Britain is in the Northern Hemisphere, it has its summer in June, July, and August. Since this is a library research, all sources are taken from libraries.

As this is the beginning of the football season, there are bound to be large crowds at the match. As women were not supposed to be novelist, she took the name George Eliot. As she wanted to practise her spoken English, Carrie regularly took part in the ELCs Big Mouth Corner. Dont use so in sentences beginning with since, as or because. Here is a common mistake:

Since he was interested in movies, so David joined the PolyU International Film Society.

You can also use the prepositional phrases because of and on account of to express reason.

We were unable to carry out the experiment on account of a malfunction in the computer.

We were unable to carry out the experiment because the computer malfunctioned.

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF REASON Conjunctions So..that So + adjective + that So + adverb + that Example : 1. She is so emotional that every little thing upsets here 2. She behaved so emotionally that we knew something terrible had upset her.

Such ( a ) . That Such a + singular countable noun Such + plural countable noun Such + plural countable noun Such + uncountable noun Example : 1. This is such ugly chair that I am going to give it away 2. These are such ugly chairs that I am going to give them away 3. This is such ugly furniture that I am going to give it away

So ( that ) 1. They spent their vacation at the seashore, so ( that ) when they came home they were quite tan.

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