<p>Ok, I have two questions:</p>
<li><p>When the phrase “the reason is…” is used in a sentence, the idiomatically correct follow-up word is “that” instead of “because.” Am I correct?</p></li>
<li><p>When you have two nouns, say “the watermelon and the banana,” they would “account” for the bad taste in the fruit salad, instead of “the watermelon and the banana accounts.” Am I also correct here as well?</p></li>
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<p>Thanks!</p>