navi tasan
Key Member
- Joined
- Nov 19, 2002
- Member Type
- Academic
- Native Language
- Persian
- Home Country
- Iran
- Current Location
- United States
1-John did not steal the diamond, because he was with me all the time.
2-John does not do nasty things to people, because nobody has seen him be nasty.
3-John does help people, because he helped me yesterday.
I think '1' works just fine. I am not sure about the other two. The 'because' clause is telling us why the affirmation was made. I am saying that 'John does not...' because we know for a fact that....
Gratefully,
Navi.
2-John does not do nasty things to people, because nobody has seen him be nasty.
3-John does help people, because he helped me yesterday.
I think '1' works just fine. I am not sure about the other two. The 'because' clause is telling us why the affirmation was made. I am saying that 'John does not...' because we know for a fact that....
Gratefully,
Navi.