Breakdown of На мой взгляд, это спорный аргумент, так как мы не знаем причину.
это
this / it is
не
not
мы
we
мой
my / mine
знать
to know
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
причина
reason, cause
так как
since, as
аргумент
argument
спорный
controversial, debatable
взгляд
view, opinion
Questions & Answers about На мой взгляд, это спорный аргумент, так как мы не знаем причину.
Why use так как instead of потому что here?
Both mean because or since. However, так как is slightly more formal and is usually translated as since or as. It emphasizes that the reason is a known or logical premise. Unlike потому что, you can also use так как to start a sentence, though here it is used in the middle.
What does взгляд literally mean in the phrase на мой взгляд?
Literally, взгляд means a look, glance, or gaze (related to the verb глядеть, to look). So на мой взгляд translates perfectly to in my view. Notice that it uses the preposition на with the accusative case.
How does the word спорный relate to its meaning of controversial?
It comes from the noun спор, which means an argument, dispute, or debate. Adding the adjective ending makes it mean debatable or controversial, so спорный аргумент is literally a debatable argument.
Since the verb знаем is negated (не знаем), shouldn't причину be in the genitive case (причины)?
You can absolutely use the genitive here (мы не знаем причины), as negated verbs traditionally trigger the genitive case for their direct objects. However, in modern Russian, using the accusative case (причину) with negated verbs is extremely common, especially for specific, concrete nouns or in everyday speech. Both are perfectly correct!
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