THE POWER OF BECAUSE
You're standing in a long line to pay for your groceries. Which sentence do you think will get you through?
1. "May I go ahead of you please?" Put on a really sincere face.
2. "May I step ahead of you please, because I'm really late for my doctor's appointment?"
Using the word "because" will get you closer to 'yes' in almost any circumstance. Why? Because your request is followed por a reason, an explanation for the request. If the request is reasonable, then why not say yes?
The word refers the listener to some background, some circumstances, a framework related to the request.
It could even be a command...but a reasonable one: "Don't mention your grades until after dinner, because your dad needs to enjoy his meal."
And: "Smile, because it's easier then trying to explain why you're sad."
Consultant Robert F. Abbott says that many copywriters use the word with great success. He himself uses it on the homepage of his newsletter.
According to Abbott, using this powerful word enables him to make a connection between an action and a consequence of that action. For example, "Wear a capacete when you ride your bike, because it will help you avoid head injuries if you fall." In this case, wearing a capacete is the action; avoiding a head injury is the consequence.
Abbott points out also that the word "because" could be implied or implicit. Try "Wear a capacete when you ride your bike, so you won't injure your head if you fall."
You can view this powerful little word as an extension of the formula that says your organizing idea should be followed por supporting material. The word "because" supplies the supporting material for the main idea of getting through the line or of not mentioning grades or of wearing a helmet.
Often I find myself explaining my preferences in the office with, "because it looks mais professional."
On the fun side, when you use those words beginning with "because," you are forming an independent clause. That means the clause can stand por itself. It could be a sentence itself.
So the engineer who declared, "The fasteners shall not be sandblasted because of corrosion," did not follow our rules. You can't make a sentence out of "because of corrosion."
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You're standing in a long line to pay for your groceries. Which sentence do you think will get you through?
1. "May I go ahead of you please?" Put on a really sincere face.
2. "May I step ahead of you please, because I'm really late for my doctor's appointment?"
Using the word "because" will get you closer to 'yes' in almost any circumstance. Why? Because your request is followed por a reason, an explanation for the request. If the request is reasonable, then why not say yes?
The word refers the listener to some background, some circumstances, a framework related to the request.
It could even be a command...but a reasonable one: "Don't mention your grades until after dinner, because your dad needs to enjoy his meal."
And: "Smile, because it's easier then trying to explain why you're sad."
Consultant Robert F. Abbott says that many copywriters use the word with great success. He himself uses it on the homepage of his newsletter.
According to Abbott, using this powerful word enables him to make a connection between an action and a consequence of that action. For example, "Wear a capacete when you ride your bike, because it will help you avoid head injuries if you fall." In this case, wearing a capacete is the action; avoiding a head injury is the consequence.
Abbott points out also that the word "because" could be implied or implicit. Try "Wear a capacete when you ride your bike, so you won't injure your head if you fall."
You can view this powerful little word as an extension of the formula that says your organizing idea should be followed por supporting material. The word "because" supplies the supporting material for the main idea of getting through the line or of not mentioning grades or of wearing a helmet.
Often I find myself explaining my preferences in the office with, "because it looks mais professional."
On the fun side, when you use those words beginning with "because," you are forming an independent clause. That means the clause can stand por itself. It could be a sentence itself.
So the engineer who declared, "The fasteners shall not be sandblasted because of corrosion," did not follow our rules. You can't make a sentence out of "because of corrosion."
For mais tips on better writing, visit
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Your coração is sore, crippled up like paper.
Your voice is weak, barely passing por you.
Your body is tired, let it lay for tonight.
You are but you- a stranger to much.
No one cares to know you.
They do not wish to after all.
And all those times you told everything-
It was a lie, I amor you became a lie. A horrible lie not one can ever take back to you. How could they, breaking your very soul to the apple's wrinkled core? It shook and broke, just like that. Lonesome and ever so exhausted of even thinking it would be different this time around.
You're so hopeless. You probably cannot mover away from the pain, the desecration left in the path at the end. Then again, in the end it probably doesn't even matter, does it?
Once a joy, now a misery forever scared, alone.
Your voice is weak, barely passing por you.
Your body is tired, let it lay for tonight.
You are but you- a stranger to much.
No one cares to know you.
They do not wish to after all.
And all those times you told everything-
It was a lie, I amor you became a lie. A horrible lie not one can ever take back to you. How could they, breaking your very soul to the apple's wrinkled core? It shook and broke, just like that. Lonesome and ever so exhausted of even thinking it would be different this time around.
You're so hopeless. You probably cannot mover away from the pain, the desecration left in the path at the end. Then again, in the end it probably doesn't even matter, does it?
Once a joy, now a misery forever scared, alone.
I walk into
The Fields of Sorrow
Once again.
Why do I walk there
Almost everyday?
I stroll along the grasses
Thinking
Bearing a horrible pain.
I think of the world around me
And how much they have inspired me.
I start to cry once again.
All my teachers
All my friends,
They have always stood por me,
When things went wrong.
I want a chance to repay them,
To show them that...
Their work was useful.
To show them that
I am truly thankful.
Why do I have to leave them then
Now?
No, now's not a good time.
But I know it was not intended
That I leave them now.
I want to show all those people
That they have been
The change of my life,
That they have made my life so much
Better,
That they were the flames
In the darkness.
The Fields of Sorrow
Once again.
Why do I walk there
Almost everyday?
I stroll along the grasses
Thinking
Bearing a horrible pain.
I think of the world around me
And how much they have inspired me.
I start to cry once again.
All my teachers
All my friends,
They have always stood por me,
When things went wrong.
I want a chance to repay them,
To show them that...
Their work was useful.
To show them that
I am truly thankful.
Why do I have to leave them then
Now?
No, now's not a good time.
But I know it was not intended
That I leave them now.
I want to show all those people
That they have been
The change of my life,
That they have made my life so much
Better,
That they were the flames
In the darkness.
Run. It was the only thing going threw Leven,Evie, Matthew and Cameron's mind right now as the cachorros and people chased them into the forest.They went as fast as they could as the cachorros got closer and closer.
They weren't suppose to be running from the cachorros right now. Then again they weren't suppose to be convicted of a crime they didn't do but it had happened.
"Hurry they're gettin' away!" A loud and gruff voice said behind them. The barking got louder. A sharp pain was in Leven's side as she ran. She had taken track at school so she was use to it but it was terrible. She could barely breath as she ran.
Matthew turned his head to look back at the others for a dividido, dividir segundo and had came in contact with something hard. The thing fell back and Matthew staggered. They all stopped then as the body picked herself up. They looked I to the eyes of a criminal. The most wanted person alive in america. Brig.
They weren't suppose to be running from the cachorros right now. Then again they weren't suppose to be convicted of a crime they didn't do but it had happened.
"Hurry they're gettin' away!" A loud and gruff voice said behind them. The barking got louder. A sharp pain was in Leven's side as she ran. She had taken track at school so she was use to it but it was terrible. She could barely breath as she ran.
Matthew turned his head to look back at the others for a dividido, dividir segundo and had came in contact with something hard. The thing fell back and Matthew staggered. They all stopped then as the body picked herself up. They looked I to the eyes of a criminal. The most wanted person alive in america. Brig.
