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JKBelieve Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Question about 'because'

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00in this passage is it valid to put 'because' after 'are'? 02br
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' 02br 02br 02br 00You use "the reason why" (*the reason for which) 02br 00"that's the reason why they want to get employed", 02br 00but here you need a relative pronoun that explains "the reasons" 02br 02br 00"because" is not used in relation with "reason" 0-

— Pieanne

  • ' 02br 02br 02br 00You use "the reason why" (*the reason for which) 02br 00"that's the reason why they want to get employed", 02br 00but here you need a relative pronoun that explains "the reasons" 02br 02br 00"because" is not used in relation with "reason" 0-
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0 I'd rather use "that", or nothing 02br
00'Some of the most common reasons are (that) they want to get employed, they want children, .......' 02br
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00You use "the reason why" (*the reason for which) 02br
00"that's the reason why they want to get employed", 02br
00but here you need a relative pronoun that explains "the rea
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