Can you use ないで and ずに for expressing reasons?


Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar (DoBJG) said that both ないで and なくて is
used to express the idea that a negative statement is a reason for another
statement. To paraphrase,

> II. ないで **can be replaced** by なくて only when the ないで clause indicates some
> cause for human emotion which is expressed in the main clause. Otherwise,
> the なくて version is unacceptable, as in [5]. (DoBJG pg. 273)

> 朝七時に起きられ **なくて** / **ないで** / **なかったから** / **なかったので** 会社に遅れました。
>
> The most direct presentation of the cause-effect relation is **なかったから** ,
> and the presentation becomes more indirect in the following order:
> **なかったので** , **ないで** and **なくて**. (DoBJG pg. 280)

However, [Wasabi](https://www.wasabi-jpn.com/japanese-grammar/negative-
sequential-and-parallel-actions/#3) seems to contradict what DoBJG said,

> Be careful; you cannot use ないで and ずに in this context.

Which of the sources above is more correct? Can I use ないで and ずに for
expressing reasons?




朝七時に起きられ **ずに** 会社に遅れました sounds a bit awkward to me, but it still seems
acceptable.

朝七時に起きられ **ないで** 会社に遅れました sounds very weird.

