Writing with Tenses / Advanced Sentence Building
LESSON 195 OF 261 · 8 MIN READ

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.

Understand and use it

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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