Unaware that

[Erbab]

Hello!

"They tried to preserve burning logs or charcoal unaware that they could create fire themselves."

I get confused by the use of unaware in that sentence. I think that unaware requires the verb "to be" before it. After looking at Cambridge Dictionary, I've found this sentence,

"He was unaware that the police was watching him.". I am familiar with this use. However, I have never met the use of unaware as a conjunction before.

So can I write sentences like these below ones?

He is studying that subject aware that the subject is really important.

I deeply loved her unaware that she did not truly love me.

 

[emsr2d2]

I don't like any of the three examples without a comma before "unaware that". "and he/she/they is/was/are/were" is implied after the required comma.

They tried to preserve burning logs and charcoal, [and they were] unaware that they could create fire themselves.

 

[Erbab]

There is no comma in the book. Besides, a non-native english teacher said that the sentence was normal, it did not require "to be" before it since it was a conjunction. However, I was not convinced and needed to ask here. Thank you for your answer, I think the author of the book just forget to use the comma.

 

[GoesStation]

Yes, or an editor removed it. The sentence should have a comma.

 

[emsr2d2]

Your friend was right that it doesn't require anything before "unaware that".

 

[Erbab]

However we need a comma before it since there is a hidden "to be".

Thank you for your correction Piscean. It should be "were". While I was writing the sentece here, I just did not use the correct grammar. Of course it is written correctly in the dictionary.

Here is the link;
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/tr/sözlük/ingilizce/unaware