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aloga
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Hi everybody! Please, native speakers, what do you think about this sentence: "She wants to go for a walk since it �s snowing."
I �d say: " Since it �s snowing, she wants to go for a walk.", but I �m not sure if what some of my students have written is OK.
Thanks and enjoy Sunday! Ana |
21 Apr 2013
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MoodyMoody
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Both sentences sound fine to me. You can put a dependent clause either before or after the main clause. Even the punctuation in both sentences is correct. You don �t use a comma if the dependent clause follows the main clause, but you do when the dependent clause comes first. There �s a subtle difference in emphasis between the two sentences: your student is emphasizing the walk; you are emphasizing the snow. |
21 Apr 2013
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libertybelle
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It all depends on what she really wants to say.
If she wants to walk in the snow - I �d write:
She wants to go for a walk in the snow
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Because it �s snowing, she wants to go for a walk.
I think the since is a bit awkward.
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21 Apr 2013
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MoodyMoody
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I think it �s a matter of taste since her original sentences sounded okay to me. It may be a difference in dialect. Your moniker implies that you are from Pennsylvania, and I �m from the Southern United States. |
21 Apr 2013
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libertybelle
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Moody
The original means to me that because it �s snowing she wants to go for a walk but only because it �s snowing. (since it �s snowing, I want to go out for a walk.)
And I �m from California!
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21 Apr 2013
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