Sulistiana Ningsih

Evelyn Elaine F.
Cause and effect
The Use of Because of,
Due to, and Thanks to
2. The use of Due to
“Because of ” grew up as an adverb; “due to” grew up as an adjective.
Remember that adjectives modify only nouns or pronouns, whereas adverbs
usually modify verbs.
To be more precise, with their attendant words, “due to” and “because of ”
operate as adjectival and adverbial prepositional phrases. To understand how the
functions of “due to” and “because of ” vary, look at these sentences.
• His defeat was due to the lottery issue.
• He was defeated because of the lottery issue.
3. The Use of Thanks to
Thanks to is used in positive situation. You can say what was responsible for
something, or what caused it, using thanks to. In other words, we use thanks to to
talk about the cause of something good.
Example : I can solve this problem thanks to for your help
Sometimes, thanks to can also be used ironically in a negative way. In other
words, we can use thanks to to talk about cause of something bad.
Example : We don’t go to the museum, thanks to for your delay