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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channel press subscribe like this video and share  this video with your friends ok let's learn about  
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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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