Anonymous Why are number 1's correct, whereas number 2's are not? Please note the commas.
First Part:
1. Stealing is illegal, because it is a crime.
2. Stealing is illegal because it is a crime.
Second Part:
1. Fishing is important to us, since it generates a lot of income.
2. Since fishing generates a lot income, it is important to us.
I can understand what thing is baffling you. In the First Part you would be thinking about the use of that comma.
I don't think that the second sentence is incorrect. Sometimes what choice of words/punctuation an author uses in certain expressions is completely at his discretion. So both sentences in the First Part are correct.
because is used when stating the reason for something. In the following sentence no comma is used in front of
because.
The President has played a shrewd diplomatic game because from the outset he called for direct talks with the United States...Now come to the Second Part.
since is used to introduce reasons or explanations.
since=
as.
since can also be used at the start of the sentences but only when the sentence begins with the subordinate clause. e.g.
Since you are unable to answer, we should ask someone else. In that sentence you cannot use
since in front of
we because the clause starting with
we is the main one.
The second sentence is also correct. It's just that it starts with the subordinate clause.Kind regards,
Jackson