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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

reason vs. reasoning

Hi, please tell me why the words are used as they have been used.

They will be able to explain in a polished essay the reasoning (why not 'reason'??) behind the design of their model city.

They will read and analyze using varied (why not 'various'??) reading strategies.
  

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Reasoning is composed of items which are reasons . Reasoning is more general, reasons is more concrete/specific. Both work in the context, depending on what you want to accentuate, the general or the particular.

  • Reasoning is composed of items which are reasons .
  • Reasoning is more general, reasons is more concrete/specific.
  • Both work in the context, depending on what you want to accentuate, the general or the particular.
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Reasoning is composed of items which are reasons.

Reasoning is more general, reasons is more concrete/specific.

Both work in the context, depending on what you want to accentuate, the general or the particular.
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REASON
  • justification; an explanation or justification for something
  • motive; a motive or cause for acting or thinking in a particular way
  • cause that explains something; a cause that explains a particular phenomenon
  • power of orderly thought; the power of being able to think in a logical and rational manner
REASONING
  • logical thinking;

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