2022/01/26

【板書メモ】Just because ... doesn't mean ~

CROWN English Communication I Lesson 7

Just because a structure is temporary doesn't mean it shouldn't look good.

この構文は「...だからと言って~ということにはならない」と言う意味で用いられますが,Just because という副詞節が主語になっているという点で 文法的には破格の構文と言えます。主語として it を補うと本来の形になりますが,口語表現ではよく使われます。

Just because you're older than me doesn't mean you know everything. (OALD)
Just because people don't talk doesn't mean they don't think. (WISDOM)