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    Default "the reason people"

    Hi my friends,

    What does the mean of "the reason people"?

    I did search on the net but I do still not know its actual sense, whether its is idiom or regular saying.

    Thanks

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    Default Re: "the reason people"

    Where did you hear/see this? Context would be helpful.

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    Default Re: "the reason people"

    It's not an idiom that I have come across. It sounds incomplete to me.

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    Default Re: "the reason people"

    I am guesing that the original was something like:

    I never understand the reason(s) people have for not giving sufficient context.

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    Default Re: "the reason people"

    Or:

    The reason people don't give sufficient context is that they don't know it's needed.
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