Soal Because vs. Because of
Penggunaan Because dan Because of
Baik because maupun because of sama-sama dapat digunakan untuk menyatakan alasan (reason). Namun penggunaan keduanya berbeda di dalam kalimat karena because merupakan subordinate conjunction sedangkan because of merupakan two-word preposition.
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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Lihat juga:
Contoh Kalimat Because dan Because of
| 1 | We are all here because today is your birthday. (Kami semua disini karena hari ini hari ulang tahunmu.) |
| 2 | Because he didn’t feel well, he went to bed early. (Karena dia tidak merasa sehat, dia pergi tidur lebih awal.) |
| 3 | The productivity of maize and wheat may decline because of climate change. (Produksi jagung dan gandum mungkin menurun karena perubahan iklim.) because of + noun phrase |
| 4 | We are all here because of you. (Kami semuanya ada disini karenamu.) because of + pronoun |
| 5 | Because of not feeling well, he went to bed early. (Karena tidak merasa sehat, dia pergi tidur lebih awal.) because + verb-ing |
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
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Soal Because vs. Because of
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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.