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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

On (the) account (that)

#1 1. I had another helping on the account I am very hungry.

I'd like to know whether "on the account that/ on account that/ on the account" can be used in the place of "because/ as."

Thank you in advance for your help.
  

Top answer

" No. Not in the English that I speak. There is a substitute for 'because' that is similar, namely, 'on account of', but it is substandard.

— CalifJim

  • " No.
  • Not in the English that I speak.
  • There is a substitute for 'because' that is similar, namely, 'on account of', but it is substandard.
  • This mistake may also be an Americanism.
  • I had another helping on account of I was very hungry.
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park sang joonI'd like to know whether "on the account that/ on account that/ on the account" can be used in the place of "because/ as."
No. Not in the English that I speak. There is a substitute for 'because' that is similar, namely, 'on account of', but it is substandard. This mistake may also be an Americanism.

I had another helping on accoun
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Thank you Mr,Jim for your detailed answer and advice. Emotion: smile

I made another mistake.
I had another helping on the account I
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park sang joonI made another mistake.
I had another helping on the account I was very hungry.
Yeah. I do that all the time. Don't worry about it. I corrected it in my sentence.

In any case both your sentence and the one I wrote are wrong. 'on the account' and 'on account of' are not correct.

CJ
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…on account of the fact that I was very hungry is grammatical, but I think it sounds even worse!
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Aspara Gus…on account of the fact that I was very hungry is grammatical, but I think it sounds even worse!
You're too young to remember this, but there used to be a television series called Baretta way back when, and it was a gold-mine of "on account of"s.

I just looked up a few scripts online, and in no time I got these howlers.

What I wa
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I have one thing I'd like to know.

1. And what are they gonna do, arrest me on account of I solved a crime?
2. And what are they gonna do and are they gonna arrest me because I solved a crime?

Can I rewrite #1 as like #2?
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park sang joonCan I rewrite #1 as like #2?
Yes, but no "and". Besides, if you're going to clean up the language and make it standard, change 'gonna' to 'going to' at the same time.
park sang joonAnd what are they gonna do and are they gonna arrest me because I solved a crime?
And what are they going to do? Are th
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Thank you, Mr.Jim, for your valuable answer. Emotion: smile

Then, how about this?: And what are they going to do and arrest me
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park sang joonThen, how about this?: And what are they going to do and arrest me because I solved a crime?
No. It's obvious you don't understand this at all.
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