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account for vs account of

Both 'account for' and 'account of' are correct phrases, but they are used in different contexts. 'Account for' is used to explain or justify something, while 'account of' is used to describe or narrate a story or event.

Last updated: March 19, 2024 • 759 views

account for

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'account for' when you want to explain or justify something, especially in terms of reasons or causes.

Examples:

Can you account for the missing money?
The new evidence accounts for the change in strategy.
She needs to account for her absence from the meeting.

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Services account for 70% of our economy.
The translations required by the Contracting States account for approximately 39% of the total cost.
I had him open up an account for you.
But you can begin by setting up an account for him.
Ideas and knowledge account for an increasingly large proportion of trade, including at international level.
High-technology sectors are dominated by men, who account for nearly two thirds of the work-force.
However, small and medium-sized undertakings account for a considerable number of the installations covered by the Directive.
You opened an account for me last week.
We forgot to account for wind resistance.
But their numbers don't account for reactor plutonium.
Stop, he didn't account for that camera angle.
Ms. Thorne has also transferred funds into your canteen account for sundries.
Okay well transport and spillage could account for that.
Animal predation appears to account for most of the tissue loss.
But you didn't account for Deedee's mascara.
Well, they didn't know to account for your tolerance.
Someone we can't account for.
Something to account for the behavior.
Aids, malaria and tuberculosis yearly account for 5.000.000 victims world wide - albeit most in developing countries.
They account for less than 4% of enrolments in three quarters of all OECD countries.

Alternatives:

explain
justify
give a reason for
make up for
take into account

account of

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'account of' when you want to describe or narrate a story, event, or situation.

Examples:

She gave an account of what happened that night.
The book provides a detailed account of the war.
Can you give me an account of your trip?

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The picnic is canceled on account of the rain. El picnic fue cancelado ... The bridge collapsed; on account of this, we have to take the ferry. El puente se hundió, ...
on account of. Owing to, because of the fact that, as in We canceled the beach picnic on account of the bad weather forecast. This idiom was first recorded in ...
a. A reason given for a particular action or event: What is the account for this loss ? b. A report relating to one's conduct: gave a satisfactory account of herself. c.
an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip. 2. an explanatory statement of ...

Alternatives:

description of
narrative of
report of
story of
recollection of

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