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Tomasz Klepinowski Posted 11 years ago
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Is this sentence correct?

Basically, movements of tectonic plates are accounted for earthquakes.
  

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Tomasz Klepinowski Basically, movements of tectonic plates are the cause of earthquakes. You might say they "account for" but I don't find it very natural.

— BarbaraPA

  • Tomasz Klepinowski Basically, movements of tectonic plates are the cause of earthquakes.
  • You might say they "account for" but I don't find it very natural.
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Tomasz Klepinowski Basically, movements of tectonic plates are the cause of earthquakes.
You might say they "account for" but I don't find it very natural.
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Could you come up with an exemplary sentence or two where 'account for' sounds natural, please?
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The difference in the way Americans and Europeans write the date acounted for the miscommunication on the meeting date.

(I personally would write "was the cause of" but the other one is okay.)
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Tomasz Klepinowskiaccounted for
After the earthquake all the villagers were accounted for.
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