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"reasons of war" vs "reasons to war"

Both phrases are not commonly used in English. The correct phrase is "reasons for war," which is the standard way to express the causes or justifications for engaging in a war.

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 479 views

"reasons of war"

This phrase is not commonly used in English. The preposition "of" is not typically used in this context.

The correct phrase to use is "reasons for war" when referring to the causes or justifications for engaging in a war.
  • This is by Niccolo Machiavelli, "The Art of War".
  • "All shoulders to the wheel of war" kind of thing.
  • Mr Chertoff said PNR "would have identified 11 of the 19 9/11 hijackers" and told MEPs that we face "a different kind of war".
  • "Or H20 and the fires of war"
  • "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war" and so forth.
  • "I'm tired and sick of war"
  • Using the principles of "The Art of War" by...
  • You ever read Sun Tzu's "Art of War"?
  • We're here with these. "In 1943, British, Australian and Dutch prisoners of war"were forced by their Japanese captors to build the Burma Railway
  • "A different kind of war" - US Homeland Security chief to Civil Liberty MEPs
  • Yours truly was a P.O.W. That's "prisoner of war" for you,
  • One of your Asian "art of war" gurus?
  • I can't draw conclusions based on "reasons of heart".
  • The only reason teno makes sense as a leader Is in a time of war between the triads.
  • History is full of wars Fought for 100 reasons.
  • Once lauded "Gods of War", ex-Kamikaze were ridiculed as "washed-up warriors"
  • The only reason teno makes sense as a leader Is in a time of war between the triads.
  • While your husband was a Russian prisoner of war, you, for low, egotistical reasons started an affair with a man...
  • If you hate war, why can you quote "The Art of War"?
  • in Article 76 the words "a disability or" are inserted after "reason of";

Alternatives:

  • reasons for war

"reasons to war"

This phrase is not commonly used in English. The preposition "to" is not typically used in this context.

The correct phrase to use is "reasons for war" when referring to the causes or justifications for engaging in a war.
  • Oil is not only one of the reasons, but the main reason to go to war in Iraq, despite what federal governments are saying.
  • Defense doesn't need a reason to go to war, and I'm not about to be their next target.
  • In our administrative departments it is called "a period preparatory to war".
  • "I am going to war".
  • Don't you give me the "soldier going off to war" speech.
  • He called George Bush's decision to go to war "unforgivable and immoral."
  • What is this "reason to believe"?
  • Iran nuclear crisis: "negotiations only alternative to war"
  • He called George Bush's decision to go to war "unforgivable and immoral."
  • "When I went off to war" "When I went off to war" "my girl wanted to go as well, yes, my girl wanted to go as well"
  • By "reason to believe," you mean "no evidence whatsoever."
  • Squadron Leader Bartlett has been three months in your care, and the Gestapo has only "reason to believe"?
  • Reason enough for anyone to go to war.
  • You have every reason to prosecute a war.
  • Now, there's a good reason to start a war.
  • There is therefore no reason to instigate a pre-emptive war.
  • He's the reason I'm going to war.
  • If we go to war, let us be sure it is for the right reason.
  • For reasons long forgotten, two mighty warrior tribes went to war... ...and touched off a blaze which engulfed them all.
  • In our view this reason alone is enough to rule out absolutely any new recourse to war, whatever the circumstances.

Alternatives:

  • reasons for war

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