Teaching D at a Russian University

[Patrick Schluter]

On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 03:44:42 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
> On Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 20:26:45 UTC, Elronnd wrote:
>> On Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 17:33:07 UTC, matheus wrote:
>>> By the way English isn't my first language but I think there 
>>> is a small typo:
>>>
>>> "In D, such nuances are fewer, for header files are not 
>>> required."
>>>
>>> I think it's missing the word "example":
>>>
>>> "In D, such nuances are fewer, for example header files are 
>>> not required."
>>
>> I think it is fine as is.
>
> Yes, this is a perfectly correct use of "for" as a coordinating 
> conjunction. [1] It may come across as a bit formal or 
> old-fashioned, though—in normal speech, you'd usually use 
> "since".
>
> [1] https://writing.wisc.edu/handbook/grammarpunct/coordconj/

I read that the "for" as an equivalent of "because" was indeed 
almost extinct but was more or less resurrected by Tolkien as he 
used it throughout Lord of the Rings and the 
Hobbit.https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/566024/the-meaning-of-word-for-at-the-beginning-of-sentence