Language & Grammar discussion

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Interesting. Isn't it functioning here with some words sort of left out yet understood?

"I did it because money" (I did it because of money)

Sort of like the way the word that can be left out of a sentence, but is understood to be be there....

"The reason I did it is (that) I thought I should"

Yes, very interesting. But I'm not so sure it's really like "The reason I did it is (that) I thought I should." The reason I doubt is that the word "that" is the only one that fits in there. In the case of "because," there can be different words understood. For example, "I did it because money was lacking" or "I did it because money was an issue" or "I did it because money means nothing to me."
You see what I mean? With the expression "because money" we don't really know the reason. With "that" we know and we can understand because the whole sentence is there. "Because" is a little iffy (or whetherly).
But I love all this anyway because poet and writer!