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 Fri Dec 21, 2007 21:46 pm HELP ME WITH THIS EXCERCISE , PLEASE |
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| It's equivalent to 'because of'... |
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| Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:51 am HELP ME WITH THIS EXCERCISE , PLEASE |
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| duc wrote: |  Could you explain to me why my teacher put the preposition "out of" in the blank:
She don't tell the police about her cruel husband .....fear that her family would know.
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Your sentence also needs some improvement:
She didn't tell the police about her cruel husband out of fear that her family would find out.
You cannot say "She don't tell". In the simple present tense you should say "She doesn't tell". However, the simple past tense (didn't tell) makes more sense in combination with the use of the word 'would' in the second half of your sentence.
In my opinion, 'find out' would be a better choice of words than 'know'.
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| Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:02 am HELP ME WITH THIS EXCERCISE , PLEASE |
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But why don't we use "for" or "due to" instead of "out of"?
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| Sat Dec 22, 2007 21:33 pm HELP ME WITH THIS EXCERCISE , PLEASE |
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First of all, the expression "out of fear (that)" is a common idiomatic expression.
Theoretically, 'due to' might be used, but only if you added the word 'the' (i.e. "due to the fear that ..."), in my opinion. However, that wouldn't sound terribly natural. In addition, many grammarians say that 'due to' can only be used as an adjective. (It functions as an adverb in your sentence.)
I don't see anything wrong with using 'for' (i.e. ... for fear that...). In my opinion, that would also be OK.
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