Discussion
In the sentence below, a part is printed in bold. Choose the alternative that best replaces it. If no improvement is needed, choose ‘No correction required’.
The reason why he resigned is because he was unhappy with the transfer.
Answer: E
Correct answer: is that
The construction the reason…is because states the cause twice, since reason and because both express it. The correct form is the reason is that. So: The reason why he resigned is that he was unhappy with the transfer. The sentence can also simply be recast as He resigned because he was unhappy with the transfer, which is shorter and avoids the difficulty altogether. Is due to and is on account of fail for a different reason: both are followed by a noun phrase, not by a clause. His resignation was due to unhappiness with the transfer is correct English; due to he was unhappy is not. The same redundancy appears in return back, repeat again, revert back, join together and the reason why…is because, which piles three cause words into one sentence.
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