The phrase "acquaintance because" is not correct and does not form a complete thought in written English.
It may be used in a context where you are explaining a reason related to an acquaintance, but it requires additional information to be meaningful.
Example: "I consider him an acquaintance because we met at a conference last year."
Alternatives: "familiarity due to" or "connection because of".
"They think I'm a madman," he told an acquaintance, "because I wanted to be a true Christian.
My excuse for contacting Berger, then, was that I wanted to write a biographical essay on his friend, the now-forgotten writer Bernard Wolfe, who died in 1985 (I surmised Berger and Wolfe's acquaintance because they'd dedicated books to each other).
And according to her findings, you may want to invest in your most self-absorbed artsy acquaintance, because narcissistic artists were determined to have higher market prices, higher estimates from auction houses, more museum shows, and more recognition from the art world.
What happens, inevitably, is that you find yourself with a Rolodex packed with "acquaintances" because too many "friends" disappoint you.
I have only lost a few acquaintances because of politics, but our relationship was not strong in the first place.
The couple met at Yale University in 1990 and graduated in 1994, then remained nodding acquaintances because they traveled in the same circles.
"We also suspect that shy ones are less selective of acquaintances because to be selective would require an animal to spend more time leaving groups to search out those acquaintances, and an inherently more risk-averse individual might find that a risky thing to do".
We must exercise caution when speaking to friends, family and acquaintances because we never know how the conversation will be related to the next person.
I even say yes to more events and get to hang out more with friends, coworkers, and acquaintances, because most of the time what was holding me back was that I did not feel "pretty" that particular day or evening.
I recognize that I am a persona non grata to many of my former acquaintances because they are friends with my assailants or their lawyers, publicists or ex-wives or they are in business with these men or are members of the same fraternity.
The revelation that humiliation, harm, and maybe even death was liable to be inflicted on me by complete strangers and casual acquaintances because of my gender and that I had to be on watch all the time to avoid such a fate -- well, that's part of what made me a feminist. .
