- cause, cos, because | WordReference Forums
For example, native New Yorkers do not pronounce 'cause as anything that could reasonably be transcribed as "cos", and so this would not make any sense if you were transcribing a New York accent On the other hand, 'cos is a fair approximation of the way the abbreviated word would be said by speakers with other accents
- Is cause instead of because becoming Standard English?
Nowadays, I'm seeing a drastic increase in usage of cause in place of because, especially in written English People are in such a hurry, that a statement like below passes off like Standard English: It rains cause clouds form in the sky, and that happens cause of water vapor, and vapor forms cause of trees and forests
- Cause for vs cause of - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
"Cause for" seems to mean "a valid reason for", as in "cause for alarm" "Cause of" implies a causal relationship, as in "this is the cause of that" I personally can't think of many contexts where "cause for" would be appropriate other that "cause for alarm" and phrases similar to it
- Cause vs Causes - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
It isn't the software or the workbooks that cause the increase in price, it's the fact of their inclusion in the packages that causes it So, when determining the entity that "which" connects back to, you should see that invisible word "fact" as replacing everything in the first part of the sentence, and then you can see that it must be singular
- en raison de à cause de pour cause de grâce à
À cause de Du fait de On la croyait moins vieille, à cause de ses cheveux bruns (FLAUBERT, Trois contes Un Cœur simple, 1877, p 64) On ne pouvait laisser les fenêtres ouvertes, à cause du bruit Pour cause de (+ subst de l'inanimé sans article, désignant le plus souvent des événements ou des phénomènes fréquents) En raison de
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- Cause or Because - WordReference Forums
When written, as 'cos, 'coz or 'cause, it should always have an apostrophe at the beginning, which distinguishes "'cause" from "cause" Note that "'cause" and "cause" are pronounced differently Also don't confuse "'coz" with "coz", the shortened form of "cousin" (meaning relative), found in Shakespeare (and also pronounced differently)
- Word that describes someone that causes his own misfortune
The lack of judgement does not necessarily cause one's misfortune, but the risk is so high, that anyone knowing the risk, is in fact responsible for causing their own misfortune when it occurs So, looking into the past, someone who causes their own misfortune from lack of judgment or prudence was a fool having done a foolish thing
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