Pioussoul  +  335139 Sat, 03 Mar 07 03:19 AM 1. We aren't going, for the simple reason ______ we can't afford it. 2. Is there any reason _____ you can't come? Which fits better in the blanks, why or that? Is it possible that both of them do? Pioussoul Joined on Mon, Jan 22 2007 nowhere and everywhere Full Member 246 I have been captivated by and lost in a fool's paradise for too long to see the truth.

	Philip  +  335147 Sat, 03 Mar 07 03:32 AM  Pioussoul wrote: 1. We aren't going, for the simple reason ______ we can't afford it. 2. Is there any reason _____ you can't come? Which fits better in the blanks, why or that? Is it possible that both of them do? "reason" and "why" should not be used together.  1) I'd use "that".  2) I'd leave it blank, but "that" would be o.k.  I'm not sure, but the word "for" in  #1 might make the difference.  There are others who are better with "rules" than I am that might explain further. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,738 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen

	CalifJim  +  335148 Sat, 03 Mar 07 03:34 AM 1.  Only that.  (The simple reason is that we can't afford it.  Inability to afford it IS the reason -- for not going.  It is not a question of why we can't afford it.) 2.  Either that or why.  (The reason is not that you can't come.  That you can't come is the situation for which a reason is being sought.  The question is why you can't come.  Here something unknown is the reason for inability to come.) CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,463 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche