Theos-Talk Archives (May 2002 Message tt00086)

Bart,

At 11:50 AM 5/9/02 -0400, you wrote:
> "An acquaintance of mine refused to wear a tie to work, and
> was fired"
Bruce: The "and" in between the two clauses merely means that two things 
happened. There is no causal connection indicated in the sentence. You 
could have said, "A friend of mine ate a beef sandwich and died," but that 
wouldn't mean that the beef sandwich killed him. He could have been in a 
car accident.
Peace, Bruce MacD