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That is simply wrong. It should be (i) the cause of the illness. or (ii) the reason for the illness. In the ... 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ReasonforvsReasonof Threadstarter devour Startdate Sep9,2013 D devour Banned HINDI Whichisright?Arebothfine? WhatwasthereasonofVietnamwar? WhatwasthereasonforVietnamwar?   E Egmont SeniorMember Massachusetts,U.S. English-U.S. Itisalwaysareasonforsomething,notareasonofsomething.Didyouhear"reasonof"somewhere? Separately,itshouldbe"...theVietnamwar."Thenounwariscountable.Itrequiresanarticle.   A akhooha SeniorMember English-USA Egmontsaid: Itisalwaysareasonforsomething,notareasonofsomething.Didyouhear"reasonof"somewhere?.... Clicktoexpand... Notalways.I'msureyou'veheardthephrase"notguiltybyreasonofinsanity"...   I Ivan_I Banned Russian Egmontsaid: Itisalwaysareasonforsomething,notareasonofsomething.Didyouhear"reasonof"somewhere? Separately,itshouldbe"...theVietnamwar."Thenounwariscountable.Itrequiresanarticle. Clicktoexpand... Howabout"thereasonoftheillness"?Orwouldyouratherhaveused"thereasonfortheillness"?   Florentia52 Modwomanintheattic Wisconsin English-UnitedStates Ivan_Isaid: Howabout"thereasonoftheillness"?Orwouldyouratherhaveused"thereasonfortheillness"? Clicktoexpand... Weneedthecompletesentence,withcontext,inordertoadviseyoucorrectly,Ivan_I.   I Ivan_I Banned Russian Florentia52said: Weneedthecompletesentence,withcontext,inordertoadviseyoucorrectly,Ivan_I. Clicktoexpand... Isee. Adoctorcan'toperateifhedoesn'tknowthereasonoftheillness   PaulineMeryle SeniorMember CentralFrance EnglishUK Perhapsthecauseof,butalwaysthereasonfor. "Notguiltybyreasonofinsanity"isasetexpression.Itdoesn'tmeanyoucantake"reasonof"outofthatcontextanduseitelsewhere.   I Ivan_I Banned Russian PaulineGFGsaid: Perhapsthecauseof,butalwaysthereasonfor. "Notguiltybyreasonofinsanity"isasetexpression.Itdoesn'tmeanyoucantake"reasonof"outofthatcontextanduseitelsewhere. Clicktoexpand... Thissentenceisfromherehttp://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/reason Adoctorcan'toperateifhedoesn'tknowthereasonoftheillness.   soundshift SeniorMember Derby(centralEngland) English-England "Adoctorcan'toperateifhedoesn'tknowthereasonoftheillness"soundsoddtome("thereasonof"wouldsoundoddtomeinanyothercontexttoo);I'msurprisedthissentenceappearsinadictionary.   FrancescoMezzapelle NewMember Italian-Italy Ivan_Isaid: Thissentenceisfromherereason(noun)AmericanEnglishdefinitionandsynonyms|MacmillanDictionary Adoctorcan'toperateifhedoesn'tknowthereasonoftheillness. Clicktoexpand... ThatsentenceintheMacMillanDictionaryisquotedandtakenasanexampleofusageofthewrongpreposition.Itclearlysays: ✗Adoctorcan’toperateifhedoesn’tknowthereasonoftheillness.(Asyoucansee,thereisacrossatthebeginningofthesentencetosay"wrongpreposition") ✓Adoctorcan’toperateifhedoesn’tknowthereasonfortheillness.(Andhereyoucanseeaticktosay"correct")   PaulQ SeniorMember UK English-England Ivan_Isaid: Adoctorcan'toperateifhedoesn'tknowthereasonoftheillness. Clicktoexpand... Thatissimplywrong.Itshouldbe(i)thecauseoftheillness.or(ii)thereasonfortheillness. Inthesentence"hereasonoftheillness."With"of",reasonwouldhavethemeaningof"theprocessofreasoning/logicalthought."andillnessdoesnothavethecapacitytothink.   soundshift SeniorMember Derby(centralEngland) English-England FrancescoMezzapellesaid: ThatsentenceintheMacMillanDictionaryisquotedandtakenasanexampleofusageofthewrongpreposition.Itclearlysays: ✗Adoctorcan’toperateifhedoesn’tknowthereasonoftheillness.(Asyoucansee,thereisacrossatthebeginningofthesentencetosay"wrongpreposition") ✓Adoctorcan’toperateifhedoesn’tknowthereasonfortheillness.(Andhereyoucanseeaticktosay"correct") Clicktoexpand...   AshrafulHaque SeniorMember Bengali Sois'reasonof'totallywrong?Iwastalkingaboutstressandsaidthefollowing: "It'soneofthereasonsfor/ofstress." I'mnotcompletelysurewhichone'scorrect.   Florentia52 Modwomanintheattic Wisconsin English-UnitedStates AshrafulHaquesaid: Sois'reasonof'totallywrong?Iwastalkingaboutstressandsaidthefollowing: "It'soneofthereasonsfor/ofstress." I'mnotcompletelysurewhichone'scorrect. Clicktoexpand... "Of"isincorrectinyoursentence.   PaulQ SeniorMember UK English-England "[Preposition+]reason(uncountable)of"cansometimesbeusedasthenounphraseinaprepositionalphrase.Uncountable"reason"approximatesto"theprocessofreasoning". However,byfarthecommonestuseis"reason(countable)for"Youshouldusethisasitisunlikelythatyouwillneedtheotherversion.   AshrafulHaque SeniorMember Bengali PaulQsaid: Thatissimplywrong.Itshouldbe(i)thecauseoftheillness.or(ii)thereasonfortheillness. Inthesentence"hereasonoftheillness."With"of",reasonwouldhavethemeaningof"theprocessofreasoning/logicalthought."andillnessdoesnothavethecapacitytothink. Clicktoexpand... I'mguessingiteither: 1)It'soneofthereasonsforstress. 2)It'soneofthecausesofstress. Iwonderif'causefor'iscorrectinanycontext.   PaulQ SeniorMember UK English-England AshrafulHaquesaid: Iwonderif'causefor'iscorrectinanycontext. Clicktoexpand... Thestudent'sinabilitytodistinguishbetween"for"and"of"wasacauseforconcern."   AshrafulHaque SeniorMember Bengali PaulQsaid: Thestudent'sinabilitytodistinguishbetween"for"and"of"wasacauseforconcern." Clicktoexpand... Does'causeofconcern'soundtotallyincorrecthere?   heypresto SeniorMember SouthEastEngland English-England AshrafulHaquesaid: Does'causeofconcern'soundtotallyincorrecthere? Clicktoexpand... Yes.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top