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Debpriya De Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Because of

Is it okay to say "because of that reason" instead of "due to that reason" in a sentence as in "I failed because of that reason" ?
  

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Debpriya De Is it okay to say ... It seems rather unnatural to me. "because" already contains the idea of a reason, so it's odd to use both words together like that.

— CalifJim

  • Debpriya De Is it okay to say ...
  • It seems rather unnatural to me.
  • "because" already contains the idea of a reason, so it's odd to use both words together like that.
  • In my opinion, it is enough to say I failed because of that .
  • More idiomatic is That's why I failed .
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Debpriya DeIs it okay to say ...
It seems rather unnatural to me. "because" already contains the idea of a reason, so it's odd to use both words together like that.

In my opinion, it is enough to say I failed because of that. More idiomatic is That's why I failed.

CJ
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Which also brings to mind the fingernail-on-blackboard sound of "The reason why I did that was because...."
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Sorry to interrupt,

Does it sound ood to you, too?

"The reason for this is because...."

Thanks.
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LiveinjapanThe reason for this is because..
Yes. This is the form that the error usually takes. The combination reason ... is because is wrong. I understand that some people object to the combination reason why, but I see no reason why they might think that.
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