Because It Is Wrong!

 Some of you don't know what 'cause' means. Let me enlighten you, and I will try not to be my usual supercilious self when it comes to snarking thus (mainly because I've spent the afternoon lying down after being sick through the night). Oh, and if you want a hint as to my upcoming spiel, have a really good read of the bracketed segment of my second sentence; therein lies the hint.

Okay, 'cause' has a couple of uses in our vocabulary. It can be both a noun or a verb. If you are using the word as a noun, is is something that gives rise to an event or phenomenon; to demonstrate: 'The cause of my lethargy and malaise today is the tummy bug that assailed me last night with the stealth and suddenness of a seasoned ninja'. Got it? 

Its other noun usage is a principle or political movement, like in: 'They presented a petition with over ten thousand signatures backing their cause to Parliament'.  Got it?

If you're using the word as a verb, then you're discussing making something happen. Here is an example: 'Mixing a lot of drinks will cause an awful hangover'. Got it? Oh, the hangover reference has nothing to do with my illness today - I haven't had a drink for a few days. I've just got some wretched tummy bug.

What the word 'cause' is not is a conjunction. It is not a subordinating conjunction. It is not a prepositional conjunction. The word needed in these instances is 'because'. BE-cause! Got it? If you're trying to write a creative piece in a voice that would have the narrator dropping the 'be-' because (!) he or she is hip and casual (or as I prefer to call it: ignorant), then you must put an apostrophe at the beginning to indicate there are missing letters. Your sentence would thus read something like this: 'I don't want to to to the movie 'cause I don't like that genre.' Got it?

I'm seeing too many instances where 'cause' is used as a conjunction and it has to end. It is pure evil. 

Feeling crummy is such a bitch. I'm off to have a shower and put on some clean pyjamas now. This program that runs the blog into which I'm typing has underlined the word 'pyjamas' as being incorrect spelling. Bite me, program. 

There is  currently some campaign called 'Give Dan the Boot' wherein supporters upload a photograph of their boots outside their domicile to show their displeasure at Premier Andrews. If you want to do that, then fine. It's your right. However, some numbnuts put a pair of boots outside the shed where the Premier's late father's funeral was conducted. Whoever did this, you are an arse and a numbnuts, and you should get in the bin.