did she have a reason?
when i looked these two terms up in the dictionary, i was surprised that they have very similar definitions. the word excuse has examples of ‘let off from doing something,’ ‘to be an acceptable reason for’ and ‘something offered as a reason for being excused.’ really?! reason means, ‘a statement given to explain an act,’ or ’cause.’ so both explain something…it’s just whether we personally think the explanation is valid or not whether we call it an excuse or a reason.
i find that i have both in my life. when i can’t get any writing done because my family is so distracting is that a reason 