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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Because of

Chocolate prices have deropped because of a build-up of excess stocks held by makers.
I think " a build-up of excess stocks held by makers" is a clause.
"a build-up of excess stocks " = Subject
"held"= verb,so It shuld be "Because" instead of "because of"Could you please advise why this shold be because of??
  

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Anonymous I think " a build-up of excess stocks held by makers" is a clause. No; it contains a non-finite clause. though: a build-up of excess stocks [which are] held by makers Anonymous so It shuld be "Because" instead of "because of"Could you please advise why this shold be because of??

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous I think " a build-up of excess stocks held by makers" is a clause.
  • No; it contains a non-finite clause.
  • though: a build-up of excess stocks [which are] held by makers Anonymous so It shuld be "Because" instead of "because of"Could you please advise why this shold be because of??
  • No, because the object of the preposition is the noun phrase whose nucleus is 'build-up'
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AnonymousI think " a build-up of excess stocks held by makers" is a clause.
No; it contains a non-finite clause. though:

a build-up of excess stocks [which are] held by makers
Anonymousso It shuld be "Because" instead of "because of"Could you please advise why this shold be because of??
No, because the object
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Oh Thanks,but In this case how should I recognized this sentense was icluded a a non-finite clause??
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I have no simple answer for you. You need to study more about non-finite clauses:

http://www.EnglishForward.com/English/NonFiniteClause/wghkp/post.htm
http://www.wisegeek.com/
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