Speaker 1: Seeing that you like learning English. Here, I thought you
may be interested in sounding more fluent and sophisticated. Today
we're gonna look at seven different ways to give a reason,
aside from because, for you need to always expand your vocabulary.
Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from
New York City, and here's your English teacher, Michael.
Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael
here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.
This is Happy English Podcast, Episode seven seventy seven Other
ways to say, Because today's lesson is all about helping
you explain yourself better. Like when you want to say
why something happened, Yeah, you could say because, But aren't
you tired of just using because all the time? Today,
let's look at all those other ways you can explain
a reason so you can sound more fluent and really
get your point across. Okay, let's start with because do
you need to explain why you're late? You can say
something like I'm late because there was traffic. Remember we
use because followed by a subject and verb, I'm late
because there was traffic. You can also show a reason
with since and as followed by a subject and verb
since it was raining, I stayed home as I was tired.
I went to bed early last night. But here's the thing.
Since and as can be a little tricky because they
have other meanings too, so it all depends on the context.
Like imagine you're telling a friend, since I moved to
New York, I'm eating so much pizza. Well, your friend
might think, is it because of New York that you're
eating more pizza? Or did you just happen to start
eating more pizza after you moved. It could be either.
Since shows a reason like because, but it also means
from some point in time in the past to a
more recent time. And as also has two meanings, like
as I left the office, I was happy. This could
mean because I left the office I was happy, or
at this same time I left the office, I was happy.
Context is important, and to be honest, if I have
a choice between using as since and because to give
a reason, I would stick with because it's the most clear,
especially as a short response, why are you late? Oh
because there was traffic? Sorry, boss? Okay, So that's because
since and as. Those are good starting points. Now, if
you really want to sound impressive, you're gonna need some
new phrases, especially if you want to sound more formal,
like in a presentation or a report. All right, let's
hear them seeing that, given that and inas much as
these show a reason and are also followed by a
subject and verb, those sound fancy, right. Imagine you're explaining
why you couldn't go to a party. You could say,
seeing that I had to work late, i couldn't make
it to your party. It's a lot more polite and
sophisticated than just saying because I had to work. And
given that is similar like given that the weather is
so bad, we should postpone our trip, and then, inasmuch
as the project is behind schedule, we need to work
extra hours. It sounds like you're emphasizing the reason and
its impact on the situation. By the way, seeing that,
given that and inas much as all come at the
beginning of the sentence. When you use seeing that, given
that and inas much as you're setting up the reason,
it's like you're giving the reason first and then explaining
the result. Two others are four and in that yeah,
informal situations, four can be used to introduce a reason
like Jack never dated anyone after Jenny, for she broke
his heart that really has a formal sound like this one.
I appreciate his help in that he was the only
one who stayed late to finish the project. As you
can see four and in that come in the middle
of a sentence showing the result first. And keep in mind,
the best way to remember vocabulary like this and any
other word or phrase in English is to take that
word or phrase, write it in a sentence that's true
for you or true in your world, and then memorize
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