<p>I was just running through some of the practice questions when I came across the question
The reason that our team did not win was because our key players had injuries.</p>
<p>It's from the Barron's ACT 2007 and you only need to mark correct/incorrect. Answer: Incorrect
Explanation: Equate a noun (reason) with a noun structure (the clause "that our key players had injuries")</p>
<p>I can't seem to grasp this concept from this short explanation, anyone care to help me out? Thanks</p>
<p>Don't worry about it. the ACT english is like common sense, nothing like that. Besides, barrons could be wrong. I found grammatical errors in Barrons 2400.</p>
<p>LOL WHAT?</p>
<p>i honestly haven't seen anything like that on the ACT the times i've taken it. just remember that barrons is notorious for being TOO MUCH information.</p>
<p>i'm assuming what it is saying is that you can't say "reason..because..." rather, you'd say "reason...is/was that..."</p>
<p>ya?</p>
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The reason that our team did not win was because our key players had injuries.
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<p>The structure "the reason.... was because" is an incorrect structure.</p>
<p>at first, i was like "wth is wrong with that sentence?" and then i got it lol "was because" is wrong.</p>
<p>Anyways, kevin is right. Barrons sometimes has errors in their own tests/answers...i found like 2.</p>
<p>The correct sentence is:</p>
<p>The reason our team did not win was that our key players had injuries.</p>