Translation
for; because
Examples
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For that is true.
; pluebat.
I stayed at home, for it was raining.
credat?
For who would believe this?
; aeger .
I did not come, for I was ill.
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For I saw this myself as well.
supplies the reason for what has just been said, and unlike its close rival it stands FIRST in its clause. That word order is the quickest way to tell the two apart on the page. What follows is a grammatically independent clause with an indicative verb, so is English "for" rather than "because"; genuine subordination is the job of or . The variant is the same word with an emphatic tag welded on.
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