超複雜且老外也搞不清楚的due to 和 because of 差異點,教練一個小口訣讓你秒懂且永生不忘!(本周必看)
Due to 和 because of 在中文裡面都有「因為/由於」的意思,所以很多人以為這兩個字可以互換互用,但事實真是如此嗎?搞不清楚這兩個詞兒的差異點。其實沒啥奇怪,因為連母語是英文的老外也都會亂用。教練儘量用簡單的方式解釋給你聽,這樣你將來無論寫作或是口說都不會犯錯。
這邊要先說的是,這兩個字被當成介系詞片語的時候,如果是放在句子的開頭,而且是口語的使用,其實是可以通用的。
(O) Because of the thunderstorm, we stayed at home.
(O) Due to the thunderstorm, we stayed at home.
但是如果這兩個字放的位置是句子中間,而不是開頭,那就不能互換通用了。為什麼? 請看文法說明。
Due to 是形容詞,只能修飾名詞或代名詞。
Because of 是個副詞,只能拿來修飾動詞/形容詞和子句,不能拿來修飾名詞或代名詞。
如果覺得上面的說明很複雜,那記得下面這個小口訣就好:
- Due to 的前面是名詞
- Because of 的前面是動詞
按照上面的口訣,教練出個題給你寫,答錯的話打屁股。
I missed the train _____the rain.
- 請問上面這個空格要填哪個字 ?是because of 還是 due to ?
- 正確答案是
除了小口訣之外,還有幾個小技巧可以幫助你判斷該用哪一個字。
1.
英文的due to其實跟caused by可以互換使用,所以如果你發現這個句子用caused by說不通,那就不能用due to了。
(O):The delay was due to a sudden thunderstorm.
(O):The delay was caused by a sudden thunderstorm.
2.
另外一個幫助你判斷該使用那一個字的方式,就是要記得,due to 本質上是形容詞,所以只能修飾「狀態」。至於becasue of 因為是副詞,所以修飾的是「動作」。
請看下面的例子
(O) His failure (名詞) was due to poor preparation.
(X) He failed(動詞) due to poor preparation.
上面兩個句子,failure 這個名詞是狀態,所以可以用due to. 至於fail這個字,是動詞,所以後面不能用due to.
(O) He failed(動詞) because of poor preparation. (這樣寫才對)
其他的範例多看幾個就會越來越清楚了
(O) His failure(名詞) was due to/caused by his arrogance. (不是動作是名詞狀態)
(X) His failure (名詞) was due to he is very arrogant. (這樣寫不對喔)
(O) Chloe got sick(動詞) because of a sudden drop of the temperature.
(X) Chloe got sick(動詞) due to a sudden drop of the temperature.
(O) The firm's huge success (名詞) is due to the team's hard work.
(X) The firm's huge success (名詞) is because of the team's hard work.
教練出幾題給你寫寫看,答案在最下方,不可以偷看喔。
1. The car accident was careless driving.
2. My uncle had a car accident careless driving.1. The train was delayed heavy rain.
2. The delay was heavy rain.
答案在下面
看完了這篇,是不是覺得還是教練的小口訣最好記。如果你同意,記得留言給教練。
1. The car accident was due to careless driving.
2. My uncle had a car accident last night because of careless driving.
1. The train was delayed because of heavy rain.
2. The delay was due to heavy rain.
這個真的有時分不清!!
回覆刪除所以記住口訣最快。due to/ because of 連老外也經常用錯,就像他們老是搞不清楚 further, farther, less and few的差別一樣。
刪除看完教練的綜整,請問教練可以把due to 當成類形容詞(修飾狀態),看前面是be 動詞時,所以be + adj,用due to + N。Because of當成類副詞(修飾動作),看前面是一般動詞時,因此 V + adv,用Because of +N。這樣的背法行得通嗎?
回覆刪除可以啊。但是我都用更笨的懶人法,就是回頭去看一下due to 和because of 前面是什麼詞性,如果是動詞就用because of ,名詞就用due to。
刪除2. My uncle had a car accident last night _because of_ careless driving.
回覆刪除這句用because of 是因為修飾前面的子句嗎?
感覺以前真的是大大誤用了哈哈
關鍵就是句子裡那個had動詞喔,所以用because of 。這樣記超簡單的。
刪除教練口訣根本神!!好用
回覆刪除真的齁,我自己都是這樣記的。啊哈
刪除學會了,口訣好記
回覆刪除有口訣就不容易忘記。
刪除想請問教練,這句劍橋字典上的例句:The meeting has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.是對的嗎?
回覆刪除我覺得這句子正確。
刪除作者已經移除這則留言。
刪除教練好 可是這句前段不是動詞嗎 照教練的公式是不是該用because of 呢
刪除因為the meeting是名詞。
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