The reason why

rich7 · Sun Dec 19, 2004 6:24 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 pls 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.
thanks...

Torsten · Sun Dec 19, 2004 12:19 pm *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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rich7 · Tue Dec 21, 2004 4:10 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. Pls do not take me wrong.

Crying or Very sad

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I should have been born in the USA.
I've got this thing about America.

rich7 · Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:15 am *The reason why*

Or is it get me wrong?
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I should have been born in the USA.
I've got this thing about America.

Torsten · Tue Dec 21, 2004 10:45 am *Don't get me wrong*

No worries Richard, we understand you perfectly. (it's don't get me wrong.)
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rich7 · Wed Dec 22, 2004 22:23 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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I've got this thing about America.

Torsten · Wed Dec 22, 2004 22:55 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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