1

Those are the reasons for which they won't be here.

Those are the reasons because of which they won't be here.

I am wondering if in this context the two means the same thing. What about other contexts? Are these two only equivalent in this particular sentence? Why?

Improve this question
0

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
0

From a comment by Jason Bassford -

Neither sounds at all natural. Typically, it would be just those are the reasons they won't be there. Reasons normally are. (What is the reason?) You don't typically say that you do something because of a reason.

Improve this answer
2
  • This does not provide an answer to the question. To critique or request clarification from an author, leave a comment below their post. - From Review
    – Matthew W
    Commented Mar 6, 2019 at 16:12
  • @MatthewW: CW conversion of a comment to an answer is fine.
    – Nathan Tuggy
    Commented Mar 6, 2019 at 18:08

You must log in to answer this question.