Tuesday, November 5, 2019
For Some Reason
For Some Reason  For Some Reason  For Some Reason                                      By Maeve Maddox                                            	  The idiom ââ¬Å"for some reasonâ⬠ means, ââ¬Å"for a reason unknown to me.â⬠ For example:  For some reason, they hid behind a lot of legal issues.  [The] game keeps scrolling upà  for some reason.à    For some reason,à  the drivers were very discourteous that night.  I first noticed the non-idiomatic phrase ââ¬Å"in some reasonâ⬠ used in place of ââ¬Å"for some reasonâ⬠ in an email:   In some reason I have not received my order.  A Web search revealed that this error is widespread:     I work as taxi driver, and in some reason unknown to me, access to the local radio system is blocked.  We need just 6 bitcoin confirmations. Our system completes an exchange automatically in 99% cases. The 1% is when our system fails in some reason.  I was happy for my decision even though in some reason the doctor wrote on the procedure paper ââ¬Å"a scar revisionâ⬠ and not ââ¬Å"a facelift.â⬠  In some reason the dynamic css style is empty.  I need to edit pictures [but] in some reason it doesnââ¬â¢t go in when I first post.  I have a file that has clone layers. And in some reason the layers will eat the memory.  Here are the examples corrected:   I work as taxi driver, and for some reason unknown to me, access to the local radio system is blocked.  We need just 6 bitcoin confirmations. Our system completes an exchange automatically in 99% cases. The 1% is when our system fails for some reason.  I was happy for my decision even though for some reason the doctor wrote on the procedure paper ââ¬Å"a scar revisionâ⬠ and not ââ¬Å"a facelift.â⬠  For some reason the dynamic css style is empty.   I need to edit pictures [but] for some reason it doesnââ¬â¢t go in when I first post.  I have a file that has clone layers. And for some reason the layers will eat the memory.  If the intended meaning is ââ¬Å"for an unknown reason or cause,â⬠ the idiom is, ââ¬Å"for some reason.â⬠ The phrase ââ¬Å"in some reasonâ⬠ is nonstandard usage.                                          Want to improve your English in five minutes a day? Get a subscription and start receiving our writing tips and exercises daily!                Keep learning! Browse the Expressions category, check our popular posts, or choose a related post below:How Many Tenses in English?Top 11 Writing Apps for iOS (iPhone and iPad)Few vs. Several    
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