due to reasons

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Is the following sentence correct?English has been transplanted as a second language due to historical reasons.From what I know, 'due to' cannnot be used together with 'reasons'.If it is wrong, how should it be rephrased?

Marius Hancu · Accepted Answer

Seems OK to me. Cause/reason are interchangeable here.

Yoong Liat · Answer

Marius HancuSeems OK to me. Cause/reason are interchangeable here.

English has been transplanted as a second language due to historical reasons.

Wouldn't it be better if it is rephrased as follows?

English has been transplanted as a second language for historical reasons.

Marius Hancu · Answer

Wouldn't it be better if it is rephrased as follows?

English has been transplanted as a second language for historical reasons.

No.
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due to

Function: preposition

: because of<the number and influence of investors are increasing, due to several causes -- Magazine of Wall Street> <when German power was at its peak, due to the unpreparedness of her neighbors -- Joseph Rosenfarb> <the event was canceled due to inclement weather> -- compare ¹DUE 5

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Goodman · Answer

Yoong LiatIs the following sentence correct?

From what I know, 'due to' cannnot be used together with 'reasons'.

If it is wrong, how should it be rephrased?

English has been transplanted as a second language due to historical reasons.

First, I am not exactly sure of the meaning of this sentence.

Secondly, It's perfectly ok to use "due to" with "reasons".

i.e. Due to other unexplained reasons other than fire damamge, the produciton floor will be kept shut-down for further investigation.

Yoong Liat · Answer

It should be clearer if the sentence is changed to:

English has been adopted as a second language partly due to historical reasons.

What about this sentence?

The reason he is fat is because is never exercises.

Can 'reason' be used together with 'because'?

Goodman · Answer

Yoong LiatIt should be clearer if the sentence is changed to:

English has been adopted as a second language partly due to historical reasons.

What about this sentence?

The reason he is fat is because is never exercises.

Can 'reason' be used together with 'because'?

English has been adopted as a second language partly due to historical reasons.

The blue part is making better sense with "adapted". Still the pink part puzzles me...

What about this sentence?

The reason he is fat is because is never exercises. This sentence is still an incorrect .

He is fat – why? The reason is, he never exercises. So the sentence should be:

1)” The reason why he is fat is because he never exercises”

Can 'reason' be used together with 'because'? -Yes

Inchoateknowledge · Answer

The reason (that) he is fat is because he never exercises.
This usage of reason is because is common, but considered inelegant and non-standard.
Because is redundant in the sentence.
I would say:

The reason for his being fat is that he never exercises.
The reason why he is fat is that he never exercises.
the reason (that) he is fat is that he never exercises.

Yoong Liat · Answer

InchoateknowledgeThe reason (that) he is fat is because he never exercises.
This usage of reason is because is common, but considered inelegant and non-standard.
Because is redundant in the sentence.
I would say:

The reason for his being fat is that he never exercises.
The reason why he is fat is that he never exercises.
the reason (that) he is fat is that he never exercises.

I agree with Incho. The sentence could also be rephrased as follows:

He is fat because he never exercises.

Goodman · Answer

Yoong Liat
InchoateknowledgeThe reason (that) he is fat is because he never exercises.
This usage of reason is because is common, but considered inelegant and non-standard.
Because is redundant in the sentence.
I would say:

The reason for his being fat is that he never exercises.
The reason why he is fat is that he never exercises.
s.
I agree with Incho. The sentence could also be rephrased as follows:

He is fat because he never exercises.

There are many ways to say the same thing. Some may sound more fluent than the others.

However, we were working with the originally posted question. We seemed to have drifted off.

That said, I think there is a problem with this sentence myself.

Why is he fat? The reason is -becasue he never excercised

the reason (that) he is fat is that he never exercise.

Yoong Liat · Answer

The original sentence reads: The reason he is fat is because is never exercises. (It was a typo. The word 'is' should have been 'he'.)

According to Incho, this usage of reason is because is common, but considered inelegant and non-standard.
Because is redundant in the sentence.
I would say:

The reason for his being fat is that he never exercises.
The reason why he is fat is that he never exercises.

I would like to repeat that Incho is correct in saying that the sentence The reason why he is fat is because he never exercises is inelegant and non-standard. I would add that the sentence is verbose, especially with the addition of 'why'.

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