reason is because, reason why

You people and your redundancies. You make me laugh. There are so many of these floating around, I could devote an entire blog to them. Trust me. I'll cover quite a few. They're just so darn entertaining.

Okay, here we go. The word "because" implies that you are giving a reason. "I failed the test because I didn't study." That's fairly straightforward, isn't it? You can understand that, can't you?

Now consider this: "The reason I failed is because I didn't study." Do you have to include "reason" and "because" here? No, you don't. They both mean the same thing. . .hence, a redundancy.

"The reason why" is the same principle. If you explain why, you're supplying a reason.

So now that I've straightened you out on one redundancy out of about 62,748 that you're using, I can sleep easily tonight.

So much to cover, so little time. . .