The phrase "acknowledge the cause of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the recognition or acceptance of the reason behind a particular situation or event.
Example: "In order to move forward, we must first acknowledge the cause of our current challenges."
Alternatives: "recognize the reason for" or "accept the source of".
Though Rhodesian authorities did not immediately acknowledge the cause of the crash, doing so only after four days' investigation, the truth was common knowledge in Salisbury within hours.
In a single speech, Sonia had to acknowledge the cause of the Tamils, some of whom murdered her husband for their cause, and denounce Italy, her country of birth, which is in a dispute with India, a country she has adopted.
Unless Senators are prepared to acknowledge the causes of climate change, it is likely they will remain unable and unwilling to do anything about it.
Although Frydenberg acknowledged the cause of the blackout was the weather event, and was not linked to renewables, he questioned the state's high targets.
Recalling perhaps the most ubiquitous image of Mr. Carson, cigarette in hand, suggests once again that a performance icon (or his estate) could do a profound service in acknowledging the cause of his death, convincing others that perhaps the time has come to quit their own habit.
Acknowledging the causes of the leave vote in the UK, he said: "For all those people who voted because they don't think they're getting the benefits of globalisation, we believe that passing TTIP is in fact the way to begin to guarantee you will get those benefits".
That said, Dr. Falkowski acknowledges that the cause of warming and acidification is one and the same: carbon emissions from fossil fuel burning.
When his son Makgatho died in 2005 Mandela acknowledged that the cause of death was Aids, an admission which many families avoided for fear of stigmatisation.
While acknowledging that the cause of the health problems associated with the German product is uncertain, organizations such as The Nanoethics Group, an nonpartisan research organization based in Santa Barbara, CA, say the incident should be a "wake-up call" that the potential risks of nanotechnology are real and deserve more attention by both government and industry.
Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) gene is acknowledged as the cause of XLA and was identified by positional cloning [ 10].
Although HPV is acknowledged as the cause of the vast majority of cervical cancers, it is still debated which role HPV has in HNSCC cancers.
