On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 03:44:42 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
> On Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 20:26:45 UTC, Elronnd wrote:
>> On Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 17:33:07 UTC, matheus wrote:
>>> By the way English isn't my first language but I think there is a small typo:
>>>
>>> "In D, such nuances are fewer, for header files are not required."
>>>
>>> I think it's missing the word "example":
>>>
>>> "In D, such nuances are fewer, for example header files are not required."
>>
>> I think it is fine as is.
>
> Yes, this is a perfectly correct use of "for" as a coordinating conjunction. [1] It may come across as a bit formal or old-fashioned, though—in normal speech, you'd usually use "since".
>
> [1] https://writing.wisc.edu/handbook/grammarpunct/coordconj/

I read that the "for" as an equivalent of "because" was indeed almost extinct but was more or less resurrected by Tolkien as he used it throughout Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit.https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/566024/the-meaning-of-word-for-at-the-beginning-of-sentence

On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 11:04:45 UTC, Patrick Schluter wrote:

> I read that the "for" as an equivalent of "because" was indeed almost extinct but was more or less resurrected by Tolkien as he used it throughout Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit.https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/566024/the-meaning-of-word-for-at-the-beginning-of-sentence

Yes, the Tolkienesque way of using "for" at the beginning of a sentence is rarely used anymore. But it is still sometimes used in modern writing to join two independent clauses together in a single sentence, usually for flavor.

On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 11:35:59 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 11:04:45 UTC, Patrick Schluter wrote:
>
>> I read that the "for" as an equivalent of "because" was indeed almost extinct but was more or less resurrected by Tolkien as he used it throughout Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit.https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/566024/the-meaning-of-word-for-at-the-beginning-of-sentence
>
> Yes, the Tolkienesque way of using "for" at the beginning of a sentence is rarely used anymore. But it is still sometimes used in modern writing to join two independent clauses together in a single sentence, usually for flavor.

The funny thing, as an English as third language learner (I grew up as French and German bilingual) Tolkienesque for never registered as something odd. It was only when a colleague, who happened to be a native english speaker, made a remark in one of my emails at work that I learnt about it.

On Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 20:26:45 UTC, Elronnd wrote:
> On Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 17:33:07 UTC, matheus wrote:
>> By the way English isn't my first language but I think there is a small typo:
>>
>> "In D, such nuances are fewer, for header files are not required."
>>
>> I think it's missing the word "example":
>>
>> "In D, such nuances are fewer, for example header files are not required."
>
> I think it is fine as is.

Same. And my personal opinion is, even in general people should not be afraid to use old-fashioned language if they feel like it. It keeps the language colourful.

(Unless the old-fashioned language usage means using a deprecated programming language feature. Don't do that :D.)

On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 04:38:46 UTC, matheus wrote:

> Interesting, since English is not my first language, if in that sentence instead of "for" there was the word "since", I wouldn't have been bothered, but since it was the first time I saw the usage of "for" in that way, I found awkward.

"Forgive me father, for I have sinned."

On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 14:37:46 UTC, Stanislav Blinov wrote:
> On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 04:38:46 UTC, matheus wrote:
>
>> Interesting, since English is not my first language, if in that sentence instead of "for" there was the word "since", I wouldn't have been bothered, but since it was the first time I saw the usage of "for" in that way, I found awkward.
>
> "Forgive me father, for I have sinned."

That's possibly the best example one could have given.