Please teach me a correct English expression.

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Let's say you tell somebody you want to be a doctor and are asked why you want to be, which expression is better, “ It is because my father is a doctor.” or “ That is because my father is a doctor.” ?

If you feel both of them are not appropriate, please teach me a good response with a word of “ because. ”

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I'd probably go with the first one. But if someone asks you why you want to be a doctor, in normal conversational english there's really no need to add "It is" or "That is" at the beginning of a response like that--it's just implied.

For example:

You: So I really want to be a doctor one day, Mark.

Mark: Oh that's great. Why do you want to be one?

You: Because my father is a doctor.

See how I left out the "It/That is" there? It's really not necessary because you're immediately responding to the question he asked. You could also say something like, "Well, because my father is a doctor." It just sounds a bit better to me.

Keep practicing and you'll be speaking English fluently in no time!

Emilky · Answer

Thank you for teaching me the correct expression.

We don't need to add "It's" or "That's". I got it!

Lydiainnocent · Answer

it is

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