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  • #35938

    ninjoetsu
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    What’s the difference between で and ので? How are they used differently?

    #35939

    Joel
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    They’re rather different. で is a particle meaning “at” or “by means of” whereas ので means “because”. It depends rather strongly on the context, though, so what’s the context?

    #35943

    Anonymous

    で can also mean “because”, by the way.

    #35971

    Joel
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    In a more temporal rather than causative sense. Hence my call for context.

    #35972

    ninjoetsu
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    Oh it’s because in season 6 chapter 3 Koichi gives example of で used as because and one of the examples uses ので and its never explained. Can anyone look at the examples and explain the difference please?

    #35977

    Joel
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    The difference is that it’s following the past-tense coupla だった rather than a noun.

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