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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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May be because

A possible reason for this increase in crime in periods (1) and (2) may be because police patrol of the area had decreased from 3.0% to 0.4%.

I don't like how the may be because links this sentence.

how can I write this sentence better?

thanks.
  

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4%. Right. This is a variant of the "reason is because" error.

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AnonymousA possible reason for this increase in crime in periods (1) and (2) may be because police patrol of the area had decreased from 3.0% to 0.4%.
Right. This is a variant of the "reason is because" error.

Rephrasings:

A possible reason for this increase in crime in periods (1) and (2) may be that police patrols of the area had decreased
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