prepositional phrase · neutral
because of
UK/bɪˈkɒz əv/US/bɪˈkɔːz əv/be·CAUSE of
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introduces a noun phrase giving the reason for something
Examples
“The flight was delayed because of fog.”
“Because of his illness, he couldn't attend school.”
“Many concerts were cancelled because of the storm.”
Band 8 sentence
“Because of insufficient funding and poor planning, several public projects were left incomplete.”
Collocations
- because of + noun phrase
- because of + possessive + noun (because of his absence)
Word family
because conjunctiondue to prepositional phrase
Common mistakes
Because of he was tired, he slept early.→Because he was tired, he slept early.
I missed the train because of late.→I missed the train because I was late.
Say it for a higher band
5because→6so→7+because of
Synonyms
due to
Easily confused
due to
“The match was postponed due to heavy rain.”
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