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I know this is going to sound like an "old man yells at cloud" moment, but I cannot get over the number of people using "cause" as a replacement for "because."

I know this is going to sound like an "old man yells at cloud" moment, but I cannot get over the number of people using "cause" as a replacement for "because." Maybe it was my time spent in the book publishing industry, but it causes me pain every time I see it. The horror: https://x.com/search?q=cause&src=typed_query&f=live https://x.com/search?q=cause&src=typed_query&f=live

satvikpendem 7mo ago
It's a contraction to 'cause just with the apostrophe elided. Everyone knows what they mean and knows that this cause is different than the other verb or noun "cause." I also sometimes use its instead of it's in text because it's too annoying to fix the autocorrected (or not) spelling on a phone keyboard, not because I don't know the difference.
- ofrzeta 7mo ago
  You also don't seem to like quotes very much. You have used them properly when you were referring to the token "cause". However you did not when you were referring to "its" and "it's" which made your contribution much harder to read.
blacksmith_tb 7mo ago
Not really different from "just cuz" is it? Though I suppose it is a little worse, given that it's a different word, not an obvious contraction. It doesn't make me want to explode like "pacific" instead of "specific" does...
ishouldstayaway 7mo ago
> I cannot get over the number of people using "cause" as a replacement for "because." This is ... very old. I'm not sure why you would think it's not, honestly. It's just a plain old contraction.
- SunshineTheCat 7mo ago
  'cause is a contraction, cause is completely different word with a completely different meaning. You are just not correct.
  - ishouldstayaway 7mo ago
    Christ. Here's a tip for your own mental health: do not pretend to be stupid. Do not pretend that when - for whatever reason, be that laziness or brevity or typing-on-a-phone or character limits or whatever - people leave out something as trivial as an apostrophe especially in informal writing that you somehow suddenly became illiterate. You did not. And neither did they. ffs this attitude is insufferable

satvikpendem 7mo ago

It's a contraction to 'cause just with the apostrophe elided. Everyone knows what they mean and knows that this cause is different than the other verb or noun "cause." I also sometimes use its instead of it's in text because it's too annoying to fix the autocorrected (or not) spelling on a phone keyboard, not because I don't know the difference.

ofrzeta 7mo ago
You also don't seem to like quotes very much. You have used them properly when you were referring to the token "cause". However you did not when you were referring to "its" and "it's" which made your contribution much harder to read.

blacksmith_tb 7mo ago

Not really different from "just cuz" is it? Though I suppose it is a little worse, given that it's a different word, not an obvious contraction. It doesn't make me want to explode like "pacific" instead of "specific" does...

ishouldstayaway 7mo ago

> I cannot get over the number of people using "cause" as a replacement for "because." This is ... very old. I'm not sure why you would think it's not, honestly. It's just a plain old contraction.

SunshineTheCat 7mo ago
'cause is a contraction, cause is completely different word with a completely different meaning. You are just not correct.
- ishouldstayaway 7mo ago
  Christ. Here's a tip for your own mental health: do not pretend to be stupid. Do not pretend that when - for whatever reason, be that laziness or brevity or typing-on-a-phone or character limits or whatever - people leave out something as trivial as an apostrophe especially in informal writing that you somehow suddenly became illiterate. You did not. And neither did they. ffs this attitude is insufferable