this helpful passage from whitman sets out the context : in standard english , the word “ because ” can be used two ways .
the new way , “ because ” has at least
 
for example , “ aardvark was late because of heavy traffic .
for example , “ aardvark was late because of heavy traffic .
fox said all of smith ’s paycheck goes to child support every month .
liberman says the idiom usually seems to > in standard english , the word “ because ” has been developing .
if the title of this post made perfect sense to you , then you ’re way ahead of me .
but just in case , we ’d best recap .