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[Arnhus]

Hello!
I have a problem with a sentence:
"The people do not work and are fired."
Is it correct?
Is it better to say:
"The people are not working and they are fired."?
I know these sentences are not the best examples because 'thus' or 'therefore' could be added.

 

[5jj]

Welcome to the forum, Arnhus.

These two very different ideas need to appear in two separate sentences, unless you join them with a meaningful conjunction.

These people are not working. They are fired.
These people are fired, because they are not working.

 

[Boris Tatarenko]

Can I say: "These people don't work, becayse they're fired"?

 

[tzfujimino]

Can I say: "These people don't work, becayse they're fired"?

Hello, Boris.:-D
Are you sure you want to use 'because' in your sentence?

 

[Raymott]

Can I say: "These people don't work, becayse they're fired"?

I think the original is supposed to mean that the people were fired because they didn't work, not that they didn't work because they were fired.
Your meaning is better expressed as "These people don't work because they've been fired."