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The reason why #1 (permalink) Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:24 am   The reason why
 

Test No. incompl/inter-44 "Speaking 1 (At the Theatre)", question 6

That is the reason why I am standing here and making this short ..........

(a) speak
(b) speaking
(c) spoke
(d) speech

Test No. incompl/inter-44 "Speaking 1 (At the Theatre)", answer 6

That is the reason why I am standing here and making this short speech.

Correct answer: (d) speech

Your answer was: correct
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could please check this out: "the reason why".
I'm not sure, but I think, I read that is not correct English.

Correct me if I'm wrong, or mistaken.
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The reason why #2 (permalink) Sun Dec 19, 2004 11:19 am   The reason why
 

Richard,

Where did you read that? The reason why we have set up this website is that we want to deliver English language training to people from all around the world. If you are not sure if a phrase is correct or not, put it into quotation marks and google it. "The reason why" returns more than 3 million entries, loooks like very correct English to me.
Also, why would Alan use a phrase that is not correct English?
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Ok #3 (permalink) Tue Dec 21, 2004 3:10 am   Ok
 

Dear Torsten, I did not mean to be rude, I just wanted to be sure that is correct to say so. Even though I'll try to check where I read this and then I'll tell you.

I really appreciate what you and Allan do. please do not take me wrong.

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The reason why #4 (permalink) Tue Dec 21, 2004 4:15 am   The reason why
 

Or is it get me wrong?
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Don't get me wrong #5 (permalink) Tue Dec 21, 2004 9:45 am   Don't get me wrong
 

No worries Richard, we understand you perfectly. (it's don't get me wrong.)
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Redundancy #6 (permalink) Wed Dec 22, 2004 21:23 pm   Redundancy
 

I finally found what I was referring to, and it's "Redundancy"
but I got it wrong.
What we can not say is: "the reason because"

So I have to apologize to you. but let me tell you I won't forget it anymore.

trully sorry.. rich7.
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The reason why #7 (permalink) Wed Dec 22, 2004 21:55 pm   The reason why
 

Hi Richard,

No need to apologize. This type of questions shows your interest in the English language and helps others to learn faster.
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