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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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for or because

Would for or because make the sentence natural?

The team was disqualified ___ a lack of players.
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Anonymous The team was disqualified ___ a lack of players. For. I think 'because' would be correct if your sentence were 'The team was disqualified, because there was a lack of players'.

— TomJ

  • Anonymous The team was disqualified ___ a lack of players.
  • For.
  • I think 'because' would be correct if your sentence were 'The team was disqualified, because there was a lack of players'.
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AnonymousThe team was disqualified ___ a lack of players.
For.

I think 'because' would be correct if your sentence were 'The team was disqualified, because there was a lack of players'.
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AnonymousWould for or because make the sentence natural?
You would have to use "because of". "for a lack of players" is not quite idiomatic, but understandable.

Usually, the idiom with "for" uses no article with "lack" and is usually more abstract than "players": for lack of interest; for lack of resources; for lack of enthusiasm.
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