【英文本色】應唔應該寫 the reason is because? - 魏徵

話就話唔係錯，但 the reason is because 呢個講法絕對唔值得鼓勵。其實「原因」已經包含咗「因為」嘅意思，所以「原因係因為」點睇都有啲多餘。平時講嘢唔緊要，但寫出嚟就最好可免則免。可以參考嘅講法係，the reason is that people are more health-conscious these days，用 that 去代替 because。中文都一樣，可以說「原因係而家啲人更加注重健康」，寫得「原因」，就唔需要寫「因為」。

如果你覺得寫 the reason is because 完全冇問題，咁你睇吓以下呢個例子，可能會改變你嘅睇法。
中文：佢辭職嘅原因係因為老闆減人工。
英文：The reason why he resigned is because the boss cut his pay。

中文嗰句還好，英文嗰句雖然百份百符合 grammar，但真係有啲累贅。點改好啲？

第一，reason 後面個 why 可以變做 that，改成：The reason that he resigned is because the boss cut his pay。

第二，because 改為 that，變成 the reason that he resigned is that the boss cut his pay。

不過，咁樣聽落去都有啲怪，最怪就係個that重覆咗兩次。That 係一個可有可無嘅字，既然係咁，整走前面個that就靚仔晒：the reason he resigned is that the boss cut his pay。

當然，語文嘅嘢，千變萬化，你可能已經諗到一個比我更加好嘅改法，例如係 the reason for his resignation is that he got a pay cut。

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