Zone1 The reason is because vs the reason is that

[AlexanderPK]

More often than not I see because being used but it always jars even me, not a native speaker, to be a witness to that. What would be a native's not sloppy but a deliberate choice, I wonder?

 

[The Duke]

Go suck Sellivan's cheesedick. I know you're his Russki butt buddy.
If not him.

 

[luiza]

Took me a three second Search

For has been firmly established as a function word that indicates purpose whereas because means for the reason that.
Mixing the two up in daily language can make people give you strange looks.
You don't say: I didn't go to school today for I felt ill. That would probably sound weird.

 

[AlexanderPK]

Go suck Sellivan's cheesedick. I know you're his Russki butt buddy.
If not him.

Well, because then. Okay, vote counted.

 

[AlexanderPK]

Took me a three second Search

For has been firmly established as a function word that indicates purpose whereas because means for the reason that.
Mixing the two up in daily language can make people give you strange looks.
You don't say: I didn't go to school today for I felt ill. That would probably sound weird.

It's about this particular speech pattern and real people here, not the ephemeral WWW. Because vs that.

 

[Dekster]

I find myself using neither most often as in "The reason is I say so."

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

More often than not I see because being used but it always jars even me, not a native speaker, to be a witness to that. What would be a native's not sloppy but a deliberate choice, I wonder?

Ignorant, Unstructured, and Dysfunctional Grammar Causes the Same Kind of Thinking

Even worse is "the reason why is because." The rulers here push American speech into sloppiness. They get away with it because even obviously illegitimate power produces respect. Notice how Netrixsters hate the media but slavishly follow the blabbers' incompetent grammar.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

I find myself using neither most often as in "The reason is I say so."

Constant Use of "Like" Indicates Fuzzy Thought

Unlike you, those into redundant speech feel inadequate. "Know what I'm saying?"

There is a psychology behind all this that needs to be investigated. What's more, those who should be investigating it should be investigated and thrown off their pedestals.

 

[AlexanderPK]

I find myself using neither most often as in "The reason is I say so."

That too, yes, but other than because I don't hear anything lately.