Seeing that: This phrase is identical to “considering that.”ġ4. Owing to: This phrase is equivalent to “due to” the two choices are more formal than “because of.”ġ3. Out of: This phrase applies to explanations of emotion or feeling - for example, “She asked out of compassion” or “Out of spite, I refrained from passing the message along.”ġ2. Now that: This phrase informally connotes cause and effect, as in “Now that you’re here, we can proceed.”ġ1. In view of the fact that: This phrase is identical in sense to “inasmuch as.”ġ0. Inasmuch as: This phrase is a very formal equivalent of because, as in “Inasmuch as his account has been discredited, I wouldn’t believe anything else he says.”ĩ. For: This substitute for because is reserved for poetic usage, as in “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”Ĩ. Due to: Like “as a result of,” “due to” is a preposition, rather than a conjunction like because, and is used in place not of because alone but instead of “because of.” It applies specifically to an explanation of why something occurred or will or will not occur, as in “Due to the large number of applications, we cannot respond individually to each applicant.”ħ. Considering that: This phrase is essentially identical in meaning to “as long as” and “being as” and its variants.Ħ. Being as (or being as how or being that): This phrase has the same sense - and the same formality - as “as long as.”ĥ. As long as: This informal equivalent of because is used to express the thought that given that one thing is occurring or will occur or is true, another is possible, in such statements as “As long as you’re going, could you pick some things up for me?”Ĥ. As a result of: This phrase is a substitute for “because of,” not because, as in “As a result of his intervention, the case was reopened and they were ultimately exonerated.”ģ. As: As is a direct synonym for because (for example, “He opted not to go see the movie, as it had gotten poor reviews”), but it’s inferior.Ģ.
Here are alternatives and a discussion of their uses and their merits.ġ. The most common is because (or “because of”), but others have their uses. Many words or phrases can be used to set up an explanation. 16 Substitutes for “Because” or “Because Of” By Mark Nichol
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