有一读者问： 有这样一句话：
(1)The new story is about a guy who was one of Piper Gunn's men. ...His name was Clowny Macpherson, because people always laughed at him on account of he looked silly.
就我所知，on account of是一短语介词，其义相当于because of，后须接一名词或名词性短语，如：
(2)The game was put off on account of rain.
但这里的on account of却引导一个从句，请问这是正确英语吗？
这里的on account of he looked silly是正确英语，但恐怕不是标准英语，一般英语词典皆未收纳on account of的这种相当于连词because的用法。然而这种非标准用法在英美作品中并不罕见，再如：
(3)Scotsmen, we're told, are virile on account of they don't wear knickers under their kilts.
(4)His feet are on the ground on account of no money remained for a pedestal.
(5)I'm a little bothered on account of the real reason I called was to tell you there isn't any surveillance outside.
有一本美国出版的辞书上说，on account of的这种用法只限于方言，它有时出现于书面语中往往是为了取得一种诙谐的效果。又，具体到句（1）中的on account of，也许部分是由于其前已有because所致。
