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Mosja Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Is it ok to use "cause"?

????the savanah hypothesis causes human to walk upright.

  

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The savannah hypothesis causes human to walk upright. This is correct grammar, but does not make sense in terms of meaning. A hypothesis is merely a suggestion or theory, and a suggestion or theory did not cause humans to walk upright.

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The savannah hypothesis causes human to walk upright. This is correct grammar, but does not make sense in terms of meaning. A hypothesis is merely a suggestion or theory, and a suggestion or theory did not cause humans to walk upright. To cause something means to make it actually happen

A more accurate sentence is this. The savannah hypothesis suggests / argu