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Christine Christie Posted 6 years ago
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On account

Consider the following sentence:

"This also leads us to being miserable ON ACCOUNT of others and lets us accept the role of victim."

Does 'on account of others' mean 'because of others'?

  

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Christine Christie Does 'on account of others' mean 'because of others'? Exactly, and in my opinion it is greatly inferior stylistically to "because of others". Personally, I avoid "on account of".

— CalifJim

  • Christine Christie Does 'on account of others' mean 'because of others'?
  • Exactly, and in my opinion it is greatly inferior stylistically to "because of others".
  • Personally, I avoid "on account of".
  • Maybe that's just my personal taste.
  • CJ
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Christine ChristieDoes 'on account of others' mean 'because of others'?

Exactly, and in my opinion it is greatly inferior stylistically to "because of others". Personally, I avoid "on account of". Maybe that's just my personal taste.

CJ

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