Difference between cause of/for and reason for/of - English ...

usually describes how something happened. ... usually describes why something happened. ... "Cause" can use either "for" and "of" depending on ... EnglishLanguageLearnersStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforspeakersofotherlanguageslearningEnglish.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore Differencebetweencauseof/forandreasonfor/of AskQuestion Asked 5years,4monthsago Active 5yearsago Viewed 51ktimes 2 1 Thequestionisamultiplechoice Idon'tthinkyouhaveanyrealcause_____complaint. Choicesare(of/for/with/on) Clearlyit'seitheroforfor.Inmymodelansweritshouldbe"for" "Revengewasthemain_____thefire. Choices(reasonfor/causeof/reasonof) Itshouldbe"reasonfor". Theremustbeadifferencebetweencauseandreasonintheirusages andalsoprepositions? prepositionsexam-questions Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedOct152016at12:37 ColleenV 11.6k1111goldbadges4343silverbadges8080bronzebadges askedOct152016at12:32 NadieneNadiene 2111goldbadge11silverbadge22bronzebadges 1 They'reusuallyprettymuchinterchangeable,butpersonallyIthinkthecauseofsomethingmorestronglyimpliestheactualagent,wherethereasonforitmightsimplybesomethingmakingitmorelikelythattheagentwoulddowhateveritwas.That'swhyI'dtendtochoosereasonforinthesecondexample,butit'sabadquestionifitimpliesthatcauseofissomehow"incorrect"(it'sactuallyfine).Notethatcauseforcomplaintissomethingofanestablishedidiom(Youhavenocausefordisagreement/disagreeing,forexample,isn'tveryidiomatic). – FumbleFingers Oct152016at14:50 Addacomment  |  1Answer 1 Active Oldest Score 3 cause usuallydescribeshowsomethinghappened. reason usuallydescribeswhysomethinghappened. Revengewasthemainreasonforthefire.(why) Spilledgasolinewasthecauseofthefire.(how) "Cause"canuseeither"for"and"of"dependingoncircumstances. causeforcomplaint causeofthecomplaint "Reason"uses"for"inordertoexplainsomething. reasonforcomplaining reasontocomplain Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedNov262016at21:42 answeredNov262016at21:37 PeterPeter 65.2k66goldbadges6262silverbadges120120bronzebadges Addacomment  |  Youmustlogintoanswerthisquestion. Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedprepositionsexam-questions. FeaturedonMeta Revisitingchangestoanswersortingmenu:betteruseofspace,movingmenu... UpdateontheongoingDDoSattacksandblockingTorexitnodes PlannedmaintenancescheduledforSaturday,February19,2022at2:00AMUTC... Related 1 for,meaning"causeorreason"here? 1 Differencebetweencauseofandcausefor 1 ThecommitteeON/FOR 13 True,false,ornotgiven:therearethreemainkindsofidentitytheft 0 inspireafeelingofsympahyin/fromus 1 Whatisthedifferencebetween”in”and”on”? 0 "Marissadidnotrealizethatshe_______atworkuntilshe_____home." 1 Shouldtheword'from'bebetween'you'and'receiving'? 5 Whatisthedifferencebetweentheprepositions'for'and'becauseof'? HotNetworkQuestions Howmanytensorproductsofchaincomplexesarethere? DifferenceinProbabilityMeasurevs.ProbabilityDistribution WhydidthestockAmigasnothaveabatteryforkeepingthetime/date? Whatiswrongwithhydrazineasamonopropellant? isunDrawreally"opensource"? WhatwouldhappenifIacceleratedto0.999csecondsbeforetheheatdeathoftheuniverse? InHaskell,CanKindsBeAnythingOtherThanaSequenceofStars? Whyisthebathroom'slightswitchoutsidetheroominsomecountries? IsittruethatGermansinworldwar2didnotsufferpunishmentforrefusinggenocidalorders? Whathappensiftheautopilotfailstoinitiateaflare? HowdoIknowifaHelloFreshshipmentis...fresh? is"access-control-allow-origin"asecurewaytorestrictcommiunicationbetweentwoservers? WhatdowemeanbySanityCheckinSalesforceChangeSetDevelopmentModel? AligntwoTikZtreesnexttoeachotherandrespectingeachothersboundingboxes Isthisa3-wayswitch(has5terminals)?CanIreplaceitwithlutron3-wayswitch? Re-define`\mu`in`$\mu$m`forunits(upright\muinsteadofitalic\mu) Couldmassjustbelightmovinginanotherdimension? CanIcookwiththeoliveoilfromcannedsardines? CanCRbedirectedliftedfrom3.5to5e Shouldprofessorsusethef***wordduringlectures? Setadelimiter/filterintheaggregatefunctionfromQgsVectorLayer CannotrunSpyderonUbuntu(windowsbash) Howdoresearcherskeepupintheareaifthey'reinahotarealikemachinelearning? Docoldneutronsproduceradioactiveelements? morehotquestions Questionfeed SubscribetoRSS Questionfeed TosubscribetothisRSSfeed,copyandpastethisURLintoyourRSSreader. Yourprivacy Byclicking“Acceptallcookies”,youagreeStackExchangecanstorecookiesonyourdeviceanddiscloseinformationinaccordancewithourCookiePolicy. Acceptallcookies Customizesettings