the reason why – English Grammar Profiler
In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 63 in CLAUSES is defined as:
THE REASON WHY: defining relative clauses with ‘why’ after ‘reason’, to give an explanation and for focus.
*Note that “the reason that...” is B2.
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the * reason why
1 THE MAIN REASON WHY 8371
2 THE ONLY REASON WHY 4692
3 THE REAL REASON WHY 1988
*The following student example is actually B2 grammar for adjectives of degree.
The real reason why people don’t take good care of their parents is that they are busy.
PELIC STUDENT: Arabic, Male, Level 4, Writing Class.
4 THE PRIMARY REASON WHY 1241 5 THE SAME REASON WHY 1231 6 THE BIGGEST REASON WHY 1024 7 THE VERY REASON WHY 846 8 THE EXACT REASON WHY 797 9 THE MAJOR REASON WHY 483 10 THE SECOND REASON WHY 454 11 THE OTHER REASON WHY 437
12 THE WHOLE REASON WHY 432
13 THE SOLE REASON WHY 357 14 THE MORE REASON WHY 315 15 THE FIRST REASON WHY 288 16 THE #1 REASON WHY 271 17 THE KEY REASON WHY 264 18 THE BIG REASON WHY 205
19 THE TRUE REASON WHY 172
20 THE PRINCIPAL REASON WHY 155 21 THE FUNDAMENTAL REASON WHY 152 22 THE UNDERLYING REASON WHY 142 23 THE CHIEF REASON WHY 125 24 THE ONE REASON WHY 117 25 THE BASIC REASON WHY 116
26 THE SIMPLE REASON WHY 116
27 THE TOP REASON WHY 112 28 THE CORE REASON WHY 101 29 THE PRECISE REASON WHY 98
30 THE ACTUAL REASON WHY 95
* * the reason why
1 THIS IS THE REASON WHY 7514 2 PART OF THE REASON WHY 5904
3 . THE REASON WHY 5785
I guess the reason why I like Japan the best out of all Asian countries is because I really feel close to Buddhism.
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4 THAT IS THE REASON WHY 2385 5 THAT ‘S THE REASON WHY 1892 6 IS ALSO THE REASON WHY 1241 7 , AND THE REASON WHY 1135 8 WHICH IS THE REASON WHY 941 9 ” THE REASON WHY 774 10 MAY BE THE REASON WHY 749 11 I THINK THE REASON WHY 726
12 IT ‘S THE REASON WHY 624
13 COULD BE THE REASON WHY 609
14 IT IS THE REASON WHY 592 15 . AND THE REASON WHY 523 16 ? THE REASON WHY 512 17 AND IS THE REASON WHY 505
18 IS PROBABLY THE REASON WHY 468
19 MIGHT BE THE REASON WHY 460 20 ONE OF THE REASON WHY 409 21 THAT WAS THE REASON WHY 406 22 . THATS THE REASON WHY 392 23 ) . THE REASON WHY 359 24 THIS WAS THE REASON WHY 353 25 , BUT THE REASON WHY 347
26 IS EXACTLY THE REASON WHY 340
27 . ” THE REASON WHY 337 28 , IS THE REASON WHY 327 29 TO BE THE REASON WHY 308
30 ‘S ALSO THE REASON WHY 285
the reason why * *
1 THE REASON WHY IT IS 1304 2 THE REASON WHY I AM 988 3 THE REASON WHY I ‘M 976 4 THE REASON WHY SO MANY 952 5 THE REASON WHY THEY ARE 761 6 THE REASON WHY THIS IS 695 7 THE REASON WHY IT ‘S 686 8 THE REASON WHY WE HAVE 666 9 THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE 646 10 THE REASON WHY I DO 634 11 THE REASON WHY I HAVE 632 12 THE REASON WHY WE ARE 616 13 THE REASON WHY . 606 14 THE REASON WHY YOU ARE 602 15 THE REASON WHY I DID 489 16 THE REASON WHY THERE IS 476
17 THE REASON WHY YOU SHOULD 456
18 THE REASON WHY THERE ARE 445 19 THE REASON WHY I WAS 443 20 THE REASON WHY IT WAS 436 21 THE REASON WHY IS THAT 430 22 THE REASON WHY I THINK 345 23 THE REASON WHY WE ‘RE 330 24 THE REASON WHY I SAY 326 25 THE REASON WHY HE WAS 325 26 THE REASON WHY WE DO 325 27 THE REASON WHY YOU HAVE 324 28 THE REASON WHY HE IS 301 29 THE REASON WHY I LOVE 293
30 THE REASON WHY YOU ‘RE 288
A2 Vocabulary:
could, exactly, might, probably, real, reason, should, simple, so, top, true, whole
*The following student example does not have the article before ‘reason why’.
There are two reasons why I like dogs.
PELIC STUDENT: Korean, Male, Level 3, Writing Class.
*The following example of the grammar is C2.
The main reason why it is so efficient is that it will make you more interested in reading or listening.
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