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15.4 Cause and Effect: As a Result of, Because of, Due to
Effect Cause
Prepositional Phrase
She will get good grades as a result of her hard work.
We didn’t take the field trip because of the weather.
The class was canceled due to a lack of interest.
a . As a result of because of, and due to The tree fell as a result of the storm.
are multi-word prepositions. They begin a Driving was difficult because of the snow.
prepositional phrase that gives the cause Class was cancelled due to the bad weather.
of or reason for the event in the rest of the
sentence.
2.Remember: A prepositional phrase is a Because of the traffic, we were late.
preposition + a noun or noun phrase. When We were late because of the traffic.
a prepositional phrase is first in a sentence,
put a comma after it.
3. Be careful! Because of and because are
similar in meaning, but they are used with
different structures:
a. because of + noun/noun phrase a. We stayed home because of the rain.
b. because + subject + verb b. We stayed home because it was raining.
4.In formal writing, due to the fact that + They left town due to the hurricane.
subject + verb is sometimes used instead of They left town due to the fact that a hurricane
due fo + noun phrase. was approaching.
5. Be careful! As a result of is used to introduce As a result of poor sales, the company closed.
the cause of an event. As a result introduces Cause Effect
the effect or result of the cause mentioned in Sales were poor. As a result, the company closed.
the previous sentence. Cause Effect
4 Circle all correct words. Sometimes more than one answer may be correct.
1. Children learned to use Mitra’s computer because / because of their curiosity and intelligence.
2. Because / Due to the fact that children organized their own learning, Mitra thinks they can
learn without a teacher.
3. Mitra wants learning to change because / because of he thinks schools are not effective.
4. Asa result, / Due to recent research, the teachers have changed their methods.
5. Children learn differently because / because of different learning styles.
6. Asaresult of / Because computers, students do not practice writing as much as before.
7. Computers are common in schools today. As a result, / As a result of students do not practice
writing as much as before.
8. The test scores went up this year, perhaps due to / because the tutoring program.
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