The phrase "a cause for why" is not standard in written English and may sound awkward.
It can be used when attempting to explain the reason behind a particular situation or event, but it is better to use more conventional expressions.
Example: "The study aimed to identify a cause for why students struggle with mathematics."
Alternatives: "a reason for" or "an explanation for".
You do not need to invoke a special cause for why large earthquakes happen - they just do.
Her red-carpet appearances, especially at the star-studded Met Gala, are always a cause for sensation, which is why fashion houses clamor to get their wares on the Barbados-born beauty.
Gary Read, CEO at Boundary, said in an interview that it is becoming increasingly complex to determine the root cause for why an app is not performing well.
For example, California's statutory protections for police personnel files require anyone seeking to access the files, even for Brady purposes, to file a motion in the trial court showing good cause for why the court should review the files in chambers.
But yesterday's orders list featured an odd one — Howard Neil Shipley was ordered to show cause for why he should not be sanctioned for this cert petition.
The filings detail a lengthy back-and-forth over the last decade in which some schools were placed on probation or asked to "show cause" for why they should keep their accreditation.
Arbiter said he thought the women might have thought Savile's greeting was "rather funny", but he said it was a cause for concern and he struggled to understand why Savile was granted such access to the royal family.
The finding presented here that MECR-1 is likely to be entrained in mitochondrial FASII provides a novel reference point from which to consider possible causes for why RNAi of mecr-1 resulted in longer-lived and more agile nematodes.
Seeing these patterns, I wanted to find more data and understand more of the causes for why they are faced with these situations.
Just as in commercial marketing, in which "understanding what motivates the audience is critical to creating effective advertising" (Wells et al. 2006), understanding the full spectrum of causes for why so many people do not think evolution is true is critical for increasing their acceptance.
