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Adverbial clauses of manner
To say how something happens or happened, we use these conjunctions:
as: Type this again as I showed you a moment ago.
(in) the way (that), (in) the same way: Type this again in the way I
showed you.
As if/as though (especially after be, seem, etc.): I feel as if/as though I’m
floating on air.
I. The complex sentence: reason and contrast
Adverbial clauses of reason
1. Adverbial clauses of reason answer the question Why? We often give reasons by using
‘joining words’ (or conjunctions) like because, as, seeing (that), and since.
2. We often begin sentences with as and since, [Compare since (time)]
As (Since) it’s a public holiday, you won’t find many shops open.
3. We often use because in the second half of a sentence:
Jim’s trying to find a place of his own because he wants to feel independent.
We can always use because in place of as, since and for. We cannot always use as, since
and for in place of because.
Contrast (1)
We can introduce contrast with conjunctions like although, considering (that), though,
even though, even if, much as, while and whereas:
Though I’ve had more than 20 lessons, I’m still not ready to take my driving test.
Contrast (2)
We can also introduce contrast with:
- however + adjective or adverb: e.g. however small, however much.
I intend to buy a CD player however much (or whatever) it costs.
- no matter. e.g. no matter how much, no matter where, no matter how (show/showly).
They’ll find him no matter where he’s hiding.
J. The complex sentence: purpose, result and comparison
Adverbial clauses of purpose with ‘so that’ and ‘in order that’
We can express purpose with so that and in order that.
I spent a year in Germany in order that (so that) I might learn German.
Note that it’s easier to use the to-infinitive instead of so that and in order that:
I spent a year in Germany to learn German.
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