because误用五例

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◆他为什么不来? ——因为他病了。

误：Why won’t he come? ---- For he is ill.

正：Why won’t he come? ---- Because he is ill.

析：回答 why 提出的问题，通常要用 because，而不能用 since, for, as 等。

◆因为下雨, 所以我们呆在家里。

误： Because it was raining, so we stayed at home.

正： Because it was raining, we stayed at home.

正： It was raining, so we stayed at home.

析：because(因为)是从属连词，用以引导原因状语从句；而so(所以)是并列连词，用以连接并列句。两者不可同用在一个句子中，改正的办法是：任意去掉其中的一个。

◆他之所没来，是因为他很忙。

误：The reason because he can’t come is that he is too busy.

正：The reason (that, why) he can’t come is that [because] he is too busy.

析：the reason 之后的定语从句可用 that, why 引导，也可以省略，但不能用 because 引导，因为它不是关系副词。另外, 在 the reason why....is that...这类结构中，原认为 is 后的表语从句只能用 that 引导，不能用 because 引导，其实在现代在现代英语中，这种用法已很普遍。

◆他知道她哭是因为他说的话。

误：He knew she was crying because what he had said.

正：He knew she was crying because of what he had said.

析：一般说来，because 后接从句，because of后接名词代词。但是由于 what he had said实质上相当于名词(the thing that he had said)，所以其前应用 because of。顺便补充一句, 一 般说的 because 后接从句，通常是指没有引导词的句子，因为 because 已是从属连词，本身已是引导原因状语从句的引导词。

◆他因雨未来。

误： His absence is because of the rain.

正： His absence is due to the rain.

析：becuase of引出的介词短语通常只用作状语，不用作表语，除非句子主语是代词。如：It is just because of money. (那只是因为钱的原因)。

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