Hi everyone, I'm confused about if I can use a conjunction after a linking verb. ex:
It is because I'm tired.
The result is as it is expected.
NOT A TEACHER
(1) I have checked my books and the Web, so I am delighted to share some ideas.
I do NOT claim that my comments are correct. Only a teacher's comments can be
guaranteed as correct.
(2)
IT IS BECAUSE I AM TIRED
(a) I believe that "is because" is considered "correct" English.
(b) For many years, many well-educated and important people have used this
construction (kind of sentence). Here are a few examples:
"Is it because liberty in the abstract ...?" Edmund Burke in 1790. (He was a famous political thinker.)
"Perhaps this staunchness was because Knight ever ...." Thomas Hardy in 1873. (He was a famous novelist.)
"This is largely because they take care of each other." Herbert Hoover in 1951. (He was the 31st president of the United States of America.
(c)
CAREFUL: There is
one exception. Many books and teachers say that if your
sentence begins with the word "reason," then it is better to say/write:
The
reason is
that I am tired.
(3)
THE RESULT IS AS IT WAS EXPECTED.
(a) I believe that this is fine.
(b) Here is an example from a book used by many teachers:
"It was (just) as I imagined." (= It was similar to what I imagined.)
(c) So I guess that your sentence is something like:
The result is (just) as it was expected. ( = The result is similar to what was expected.)
(d) IMPORTANT POINT: Native speakers often delete (remove) some words between
"as" and "expected." They just say "as expected." Here are two examples from
Google books:
"This result is as expected." (The words "it was" have been deleted.)
The result was as expected: the rope fell ....
Sources:
Webster's Dictionary of English Usage./ A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language.
