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"cause" (said like coz) is the same as 'because', but said the other way, it's a totally different word, like: I wound the bandage around the ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. differencebetweencauseandbecause Threadstarter hem_dinesh Startdate Aug17,2008 hem_dinesh SeniorMember india India-LocalDialect&English Hi, Iwaswonderingtheuseoftheabovetwowordsoften.Iheadtheword"cause"inmanysongsandeveninmanyconversationstoo.Couldanyone figuremeoutwhat'sexactlythedifferenceandwherewe'vetousethosewords. Someexamples: "Wehaven'tmet Andthat'sokay Causeyouwillbeaskingformeoneday" "IhavetogonowbecausemymateisawaitsmeatTheatre." Thankyou. (I'dappreciateanycorrectionsinmyEnglish)   JamesM SeniorMember LosAngeles,California English,USA Lyricsareadifferentworld.Itisanimitationofaverycasualwaytosay"because"wherethefirstsyllableisdropped,like"cuz".Itisoftenwritten'causetoindicatethemissingsyllable.Itisnottheword"cause"asin"causeandeffect"andisnotpronouncedthesameway."Cause"asin"causeandeffect"soundsthesameas"caws"(inmyversionofEnglish),and"'cause"soundsthesameas"cuz"(orthefirstsyllableof"cousin".) ("Ihavetogonowbecausemymateiswaitingformeatthetheatre.")   hem_dinesh SeniorMember india India-LocalDialect&English Butindictionaryitsaysoneofthemeaningof"cause"is"reason".Doesthatline usesthismeaning?Imeaninthsesentence "Causeyouwillbeaskingformeoneday" Thanks.   Nunty SeniorMember Jerusalem Hebrew-USEnglish(bilingual) Hereareacoupleofexistingthreadsthatmightbehelpful: hecamelate,wedidn'ttalk. 'cause,'cos,because Ifoundthembyputtingcausebecauseintothedictionarysearchwindow.   A Alxmrphi SeniorMember NWEngland UKEnglish "cause"(saidlikecoz)isthesameas'because',butsaidtheotherway,it'satotallydifferentword,like: Iwoundthebandagearoundthewound. Theyweretooclosetothedoortocloseit. Thewindwastoostrongtowindthesail. Soonceyouseparatethe"cause"(coz)from"cause"(caws),itisthesamewordas"because"   P padredeocho Banned UnitedStates Whatwasthecause(mainfactor)ofhisdeath? Thecausewascancer. Hediedbecauseofcancer. However,"cause"is,atleastorally,averycommonsubstitutefor"because",too. Ileftbecause('cause)myfriendswerearguingoverstupidthings. ThewordbecausewillNORMALLYcomeafteraverb,anditworkslikeanadverbialclause. Theword"cause"canbeanoun,andcan,therefore,comerightaftertheword"the".Theword"because"willnotcomeaftertheword"the".   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top