Learn English About how to Give Reasons in English - Use Because and Because of
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today's topic is linking words for giving reasons
in English welcome back to the English Dannie
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linking words can help you connect the ideas
in a sentence in this lesson you'll learn some
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common linking words to give reasons in English
to give reasons in English we can use because
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and because of the difference between because
and because of is that because is followed by a
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subject plus verb and because of is followed by
a noun or a noun phrase for example the picnic
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was canceled because of rain or the picnic
was cancelled because it was raining in both
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examples we see that the picnic was cancelled
and the reason it was cancelled rain because
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and because of are used to answer the question
of why to give the reason for something why was
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the picnic cancelled the picnic was cancelled
because of rain the picnic was canceled because
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it was raining in spoken English many native
speakers say cause as a short form for because
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now let's look at some other ways to give reasons
that are used much in the same way as because due
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to and owing to are a bit more formal ways to
give reasons due to and owing to are followed
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by nouns there's a lot of traffic today due to
the upcoming holiday the class was cancelled
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owing to a lack of interest from students why
was there a lot of traffic today there was a
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lot of traffic due to the upcoming holiday why
was the class canceled the class was cancelled
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owing to a lack of interest from the students
that means the students were not interested
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in the class since and as are more informal
and followed by subject plus verb form for
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example I am going to bed early tonight since I
need to wake up early tomorrow morning I didn't
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play soccer today as I had a lot of homework to
do why are you going to bed early I'm going to
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bed early tonight since I need to wake up early in
tomorrow morning why didn't you play soccer today
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I didn't play soccer today as I have a lot of
homework all right thank you for watching please
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