Soal Because vs. Because of
Penggunaan Because dan Because of
Baik because maupun because of sama-sama dapat digunakan untuk menyatakan alasan (reason).
Because diikuti clause (subject + predicate) yang memuat reason. Because-clause secara grammatical tidak dapat berdiri sendiri. Harus ada main clause (memuat result) bersamanya untuk dapat dipahami secara utuh. Because-clause mungkin ditempatkan di awal atau di akhir kalimat. Jika ditempatkan di awal kalimat, koma disematkan setelahnya.
| because-clause, main clause main clause + because-clause |
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Because of yang bermakna “by reason of” diikuti object-nya yang dapat berupa: noun (phrase), pronoun, atau verb-ing.
| … because of + noun (phrase) / pronoun / verb-ing |
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Contoh Kalimat Because dan Because of
| Because (of) | Contoh Kalimat Because (of) |
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| Because | We are all here because today is your birthday. (Kami semua disini karena hari ini hari ulang tahunmu.) |
| Because he didn’t feel well, he went to bed early. (Karena dia tidak merasa sehat, dia pergi tidur lebih awal.) |
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| Because of + noun phrase | The productivity of maize and wheat may decline because of climate change. (Produksi jagung dan gandum mungkin menurun karena perubahan iklim.) |
| because of + pronoun | We are all here because of you. (Kami semuanya ada disini karenamu.) |
| because + verb-ing | Because of not feeling well, he went to bed early. (Karena tidak merasa sehat, dia pergi tidur lebih awal.) |
Cos
Cos merupakan kependekan dari because. Walaupun secara grammatical tidak tepat, namun cos biasa digunakan pada informal situation baik writing maupun speaking.
Contoh Kalimat Cos:
| A | Why does my smartphone phone battery die so fast? (Mengapa baterai hape android saya mati dengan cepat?) |
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| B | Cos you don’t enable battery saving mode. (Karena kamu tidak mengaktifkan mode hemat baterai.) |
Exercises:
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- Preposition
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References:
- Because, because of and cos, cos of. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/because-because-of-and-cos-cos-of. Accessed on September 7, 2014.
- Because / Because of. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/165_gramchallenge10/. Accessed on September 7, 2014.
- Because of. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/because%20of. Accessed on September 7, 2014.
- Cos. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/cos. Accessed on September 7, 2014.
- Cos. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/cos#cos-3. Accessed on September 7, 2014.