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skbaek
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:25 am
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Hi.
What is difference about "because" and "because of"?
And could you tell me when we use "because" and "because of"?
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meirman
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 3:58 am
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In alt.english.usage on Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:25:22 +0900 "skbaek"
<skbaek@mail.com> posted:
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What is difference about "because" and "because of"?
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the difference *between"
| Quote: | And could you tell me when we use "because" and "because of"?
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The first should be followed by a clause.
The second by a noun, plus any modifiers that apply to the noun.
"of [noun]" is a prepositional phrase.
s/ meirman If you are emailing me please
say if you are posting the same response.
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Epple
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| Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 4:42 pm
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skbaek wrote:
| Quote: | Hi.
What is difference about "because" and "because of"?
And could you tell me when we use "because" and "because of"?
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Examples: I didn't go out because it was raining. (clause)
I didn't go out because of THE rain (noun)
because he is stupid
because of his stupidity
etc.
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cljlk
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 6:51 pm
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"skbaek" <skbaek@mail.com> wrote in message news:<2t1154F1qb2asU1@uni-berlin.de>...
| Quote: | Hi.
What is difference about "because" and "because of"?
And could you tell me when we use "because" and "because of"?
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Because + a complete sentence:
Because it is raining, …....
Because + none:
Because of raining……. |
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