Do you think ' just because' should be replaced by 'DESPITE' ?
----------But just because the Internet and the World Wide Web are firmly intertwined with each other, it doesn't mean they're synonymous. ---------
This sentence comes from an online essay and I like its writing style very much; but this sentence is confusing to me.
( http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/internet-versus-world-wide-web.htm)
I think ' just because' should be replaced by 'DESPITE', should it?
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Answers · 9
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Hello,
This is correct and 'despite' is also possible with some other modifications - 'But despite the internet and the web being firmly intertwined ...'
Hope this helps
Bob
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Hello, "just because" could be replaced by "despite," but we would have to change the sentence to:
But despite the Internet and the World Wide Web being firmly intertwined.. (okay, but not so natural)
But despite the fact that the Internet and the World Wide Web are firmly intertwined.. (best choice, in my opinion)
This is because despite has to be followed by a noun or gerund (-ing). Hope this helps.
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Thank you Natalia. And I love Russian girls （meaning no offence :）
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I think it can. The meaning will be "irrespective of the fact that they are intertwined, they are not the same"
In the sentence with "just because" the meaning is that they cannot be treated as the same thing for the reason (which is not very important) that they are intertwined, i.e. being intertwined does not make them the same thing.
You emphasize different things.
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