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Guest Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

It is because ..

To answer the follow question:

Why are you late?

I write:

It is because my clock is broken.

But my friend said it's better to write:

That is because my clock is broken.

Do native English speakers prefer the latter?
Thanks a lot.

Ricky
  

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Native speakers much prefer contracted forms in normal neutral speech . " sound much better as contracted forms, in normal neutral speech. Googled: 1,620,000 English pages for "it's because".

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  • Native speakers much prefer contracted forms in normal neutral speech .
  • " sound much better as contracted forms, in normal neutral speech.
  • Googled: 1,620,000 English pages for "it's because".
  • 1,760,000 English pages for "that's because".
  • 793,000 English pages for "that is because".
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Native speakers much prefer contracted forms in normal neutral speech .

"It's because ..." & "That's because..." sound much better as contracted forms, in normal neutral speech.

Googled:

1,620,000 English pages for "it's because".

1,760,000 English pages for "that's because".

793,000 English pages for "that is because".

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