0

They're affected from being unable to live their normal lives because areas of land are contaminated

I think "being unable to live their normal lives" is a consequence of being affected. In other word, i think the result is being unable to live their lives

so, I have a question that whether "from" can be used to show a consequence.

the source is here

Improve this question
5
  • 3
    The "from" looks a bit off to me. I'd have been tempted to re-write it thus: "They're affected by their inability to live [their] normal lives ..." It's very possible that the speaker is not a native English speaker and the journalist chose not to intervene too much by correcting his grammar. I can't answer your more general question except to say that 'from' is more likely to point from a cause rather than to a consequence.
    – Jaime
    Mar 1 at 7:33
  • Logically, if not grammatically, "being unable to live their normal lives" is the effect. The cause is contaminated land.
    – Jaime
    Mar 1 at 7:39
  • I note that in the original [un] is in square brackets. Perhaps the speaker meant They are prevented from being able to live their normal lives, but because he had said affected the journalist corrected it to unable.
    – Kate Bunting
    Mar 1 at 9:41
  • 1
    Do you mean the result is being unable to live their lives, or the cause is being unable to live their lives? Certainly "from" can be used with a cause, like "He caught a chill from being out in the cold" or "He was injured from the explosion" or "We can conclude from this that..." are fine. But "by" is more usual in this context with "affected by".
    – Stuart F
    Mar 1 at 10:51
  • They're affected by being unable to live there OR They're prevented from being able to live there. But neither of those sentences actually include both cause and consequence. Note that when from is used in an utterance featuring both cause and consequence, it's "consequence from cause", as in He's tired from working so hard.
    – FumbleFingers
    Mar 1 at 15:50

0

Reset to default

You must log in to answer this question.

Browse other questions tagged .