Liveinjapan  +  477612 Sat, 16 Feb 08 05:23 PM I studied programing because I thought it would be necessary for my future. While my friends disliked programing, I dedicated myself to learning it. This is because I thought it would be necessary for my future. Do they have about the same structure?(If my senteces are correct.) (I = subject, studied = verb, programing = object, because = conjunction) (This = subject, is = verb, because = conjunction)  I mean 'because I thought it would be necessary for my future' cannot be a complement clause, right? Thanks LiJ   Liveinjapan Joined on Sun, Feb 4 2007 Osaka, Japan Senior Member 2,280 Please feel free to correct any words I wrote.LiJ Verbs, Clauses

	Ant_222  +  477679 Sat, 16 Feb 08 10:01 PM Hello, LiJ. «I studied programing because I thought it would be necessary for my future.» — OK. I am not sure about your second sentence, "this is because" doesn't sound well to me in this context. I'd just join the last two sentences: «I dedicated myself to learning it because I thought it would be necessary for my future». «I mean 'because I thought it would be necessary for my future' cannot be a complement clause, right?» I don't think it is a comnplement clause, but that doesn't make it an incorrect clause... Ant_222 Joined on Sun, May 21 2006 Podolsk, Russia Contributing Member 1,717 Clauses