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Advanced Causal Clauses — Proposizioni Causali B2·Error Detection: Perché + Subjunctive (Purpose) Confused with Perché + Indicative (Cause)
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Rule reminder

Common B2 error: using 'perché' + subjunctive when you mean CAUSE (should be indicative), or using 'perché' + indicative when you mean PURPOSE (should be subjunctive). Remember: CAUSE = perché + indicative; PURPOSE = perché + subjunctive (= affinché). Also: 'non perché' + subjunctive = 'not because' (denial of cause), whereas 'non perché' + indicative = 'not because' (factual denial).

Error Detection: Perché + Subjunctive (Purpose) Confused with Perché + Indicative (Cause)1 / 10

'Gli ho dato le chiavi perché possa entrare.' Is this sentence correct? What does it mean?

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→ Causal Clauses with Negative Inversion: Non Che...→ Non Tanto Perché... Quanto Perché — Gradated Causal Clauses→ Cause vs Purpose: Perché + Indicative vs Perché + Subjunctive→ Causal Clauses in Reported Speech
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