Because / because of
Do you ever get confused over when to use because and when to use because of? Well, help is at hand in today's episode of grammar challenge! Taka from Japan is up for the challenge... but are you?

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Because / because of

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Because and because of are both used to introduce reasons. Because is a conjunction, and is followed by a subject and verb. Because of is a preposition, and is followed by a noun phrase or verb-ing

Because

because	subject	verb
because	he	felt	ill, he didn't go to the party

Because of

because of	noun phrase or verb-ing
because of	his illness	he didn't go to the party
because of	feeling ill

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