我在替學生批改文章的時候，常常發現他們會把「原因是」寫成 "the reason is because"。
"The reason is" 已可以帶出「原因是」的意思，再寫 "because" 就會變成 redundant（多餘的）。
所以上文的句子，你可以寫成：
The reason was he wasn't feeling well.
或者：
It was because he wasn't feeling well.
但不要寫：
The reason was because he wasn't feeling well. (bad!)
與其說：
The reason he ran away is because he was embarrassed.
倒不如說：
He ran away because he was embarrassed.
或：
The reason he ran away is that he was embarrassed.
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