Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigThe expression "sometimes because" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it to express a cause-and-effect relationship when two conditions are both necessary for something to happen, but only one of them may happen. For example, "Sometimes we can avoid conflict, sometimes because the situation is not worth the effort."
Exact(60)
This is sometimes because we're stupid.
(And sometimes: because of all of the above).
It works for him sometimes, because he is so huge.
I do that sometimes because I like this game.
It's hard to keep him out sometimes because of that.
People do things sometimes because they believe in them.
"I'd get gooseflesh sometimes, because she was so haunted".
There are also going to be some outliers — sometimes because of unavoidable statistical variance, sometimes because the polling company has a partisan bias, sometimes because it just doesn't know what it's doing.
And in each case, the effect falls subtly short of the original, sometimes because a component is missing and sometimes because the balance is out.
Mr. Cott said his only conflicts were with children who harassed him on the way to Hebrew school, sometimes because he was gay, sometimes because he was Jewish.
"Doors do eventually close — sometimes because of things you did, sometimes because of things you didn't do," Robin Marantz Henig notes.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com