Día 53 de 60 · B1 · Escritura

“Because of the rain”, not “because the rain”

Because va antes de un sujeto y un verbo; because of va antes de un sustantivo. La regla, ejemplos reales y un cuestionario rápido.

La regla

Usa because + sujeto + verbo: We stayed home because it was raining. Usa because of + un sustantivo o pronombre: We stayed home because of the rain.

El árabe hace la misma división (بسبب + sustantivo, لأن + oración), pero cuando escribimos rápido omitimos of o lo ponemos en el lugar incorrecto: because the rain, because of it was late.

Ejemplos

✗ No digas	✓ Di
The match was cancelled because the rain.	The match was cancelled because of the rain.
We went home because of it was late.	We went home because it was late.
I was late because of the bus was slow.	I was late because the bus was slow.
I passed the exam because you.	I passed the exam because of you.

En una conversación

A: Sorry I'm late. The bus was slow because of the traffic.

B: No problem. We started late because Ali was on a call.

A: Did I miss anything important?

B: No, just the introduction.

Práctica

Elige la respuesta correcta. Las respuestas están al final de la lección.

The flight was delayed ___ the fog.
- a) because
- b) due
- c) because of
I didn't call you ___ my phone was broken.
- a) because of
- b) because
- c) due to
We cancelled the trip because of ___.
- a) the weather
- b) the weather was bad
- c) it was raining

Consejo

Fíjate en las siguientes palabras: si hay un verbo (was, is, have), usa because; si solo hay un sustantivo (the rain, the traffic, you), usa because of. En la escritura formal, due to funciona como because of.

Respuestas

c) because of. The fog is a noun, so because of.
b) because. A subject and verb follow, so because.
a) the weather. Because of takes a noun, not a clause.

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La regla

Usa because + sujeto + verbo: We stayed home because it was raining. Usa because of + un sustantivo o pronombre: We stayed home because of the rain.

Ejemplos

✗ No digas	✓ Di
The match was cancelled because the rain.	The match was cancelled because of the rain.
We went home because of it was late.	We went home because it was late.
I was late because of the bus was slow.	I was late because the bus was slow.
I passed the exam because you.	I passed the exam because of you.

Práctica

Elige la respuesta correcta. Las respuestas están al final de la lección.

The flight was delayed ___ the fog.

a) because
b) due
c) because of

I didn't call you ___ my phone was broken.

a) because of
b) because
c) due to

We cancelled the trip because of ___.

a) the weather
b) the weather was bad
c) it was raining