Writing with Tenses / Advanced Sentence Building
Cause and Effect
Because introduces a clause; because of introduces a noun phrase. So can join cause and result. Therefore and as a result need suitable sentence punctuation.
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Because introduces a clause; because of introduces a noun phrase. So can join cause and result. Therefore and as a result need suitable sentence punctuation.
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The road flooded because it rained heavily.
The road flooded because of the heavy rain.
It rained heavily; therefore, the school closed.
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