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- grammar - When should I use cause and causes? - English Language . . .
In both situations there is a lack of resources which causes people to die This sentence should be read as follows: there's a lack of some resources, and it is this lack that's causing deaths In effect, without those resources people die; the resources help avoid death Unfortunately, there's a lack of those resources This sentence makes sense, and is what you probably want to write
- causes of or causes for - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
If you simply want to say the person or thing that makes something happen, you say 'cause of'; but if you want to say a reason for having particular feelings or behaving in a particular way, you say 'cause for'
- “cause” or “causes”? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Or: Is this the only factor that causes such tragedies? In that form, the singular factor matches with the verb causes Your sentence mixes the plural rooms with the singular factor, making it hard for you to figure out which form the verb cause (s) should take (This isn’t necessarily ungrammatical, but sometimes this can make a sentence
- When we use to cause to be? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
As your link says, "to cause to be" is a definition of the word "make" As such, the phrase and the word can be fairly interchangeable when used that way "The jalapenos caused my salsa to be too spicy " "The jalapenos made my salsa too spicy " "Chlorine makes my hair dry " "Chlorine causes my hair to be (or to become) dry " I can't think of a circumstance where "to cause to be" would be
- prepositions - Difference between As For and As To - English . . .
There is disagreement as to the causes of the fire I remained uncertain as to the value of his suggestions (2 meaning) according to, by Example - The eggs are graded as to size and color As you have learned about the individual meanings of as to and as for, it's advisable to please go through the following usage notes
- A word that means unable to die AND unable to be killed?
Also note, "invincible" does not mean "unable to die from natural causes" "Invincible" means "cannot be defeated" A chess grandmaster could be "invincible", but could and probably would still die of natural causes
- How to explain when one event affects something else, and then . . .
ripple effect: a situation in which one thing causes a series of other things to happen So you could word your sentence like this: A mismatch has a ripple effect: the current edge should be fixed with respect to the previously-fixed edge, which will need to be reaffixed to the edge before that, etc Yet another phrase you might use is chain
- When shouldnt I use possessive s?
The only "truth" here is you shouldn't use possessive s in contexts where native speakers don't use it Don't forget that native speakers aren't explicitly taught whether and when to refer to the car's door rather than the car door or the door of the car And all those forms do in fact occur, so there's definitely no clear-cut "rule" here Just read listen to more English text
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