The reason why, not because

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say the reason

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because I did something. So, one way to

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use reason correctly is by following it

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with why or that plus a clause. That's

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the reason why we canceled the trip. In

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informal English, you can omit why or

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that. The reason she left early was to

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get to her flight. Not the reason

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because she left or was because to get

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her flight. There are lots of other

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structures we can use after reason, but

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it's this particular one that my

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students make mistakes with. Because is

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used as a conjunction to join two

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clauses showing cause and effect. She

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left early because she needed to get her

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flight. Try to use the weak form when

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because appears as part of a sentence.

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Because because with a schwa in the

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second syllable, not because. You can

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say it, but because sounds more natural.

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You'll often see because of followed by

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a noun.

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We canceled the trip because of the

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weather. Okay, we're on to our final

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mistakes. Students and native speakers,

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listen up. Which word is contracted

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here?

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I should have studied harder.

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Is it should of or should have? It's I

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should have