“The reason why I called.”
Redundancy Entry 800 / 1011 60-second read
Reason why vs. Reason
REASON already implies WHY.
The comparisoni
“The reason I called.”
The ruleii
¶
REASON already encodes WHY.
Stylists debate this — casual use accepts "reason why" as idiom.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Formal writers cut WHY."