23/11/28 BBC Learning English -THIS is how you use ‘because’ and ‘because of’ #shorts

Use “because” or “because of” to talk about reasons.
Because is always followed by a subject and verb,
Mina wore a coat because it was raining.
It is a subject and was is the verb.
So we use because.
“because of” is always followed by a noun phrase.
Mina wore a coat because of the rain.
The rain is a noun. So it’s “because of”
Let’s practice.
1). We didn’t eat there [because] the food was bad.
2). I didn’t drink the coffee [because of] the taste.
3). I ate the dessert [because] it tasted lovely.

“The food was bad” has a subject and verb. So it’s because.
The taste is a noun phrase. So we write “because of”.
“It tased” is a subject with verb so it’s because.
And that’s it.
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Because is always followed by a subject and verb,
followed by -, 続いて［次に］～がある、〔主語の〕後に～が続いて、～を受けて、その後に～が続く
subject 主語
verb 動詞
Mina wore a coat because it was raining.
wore, wearの過去、過去分詞は worn
“because of” is always followed by a noun phrase.
noun phrase 名詞句
2). I didn’t drink the coffee [because of] the taste.
taste 名詞で「味、食感」
3). I ate the dessert [because] it tasted lovely.
taste 動詞で「味がする」
And that’s it.
終わりです
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