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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Out of/because of necessity,

Out of/Because of necessity, she worked eighteen hours a day. Only by doing so could she support her large family.

I suspect that both out of and because of do the trick equally well in the above sample and communicate the same idea. What are your comments? Thanks.
  

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Angliholic Out of/Because of necessity, she worked eighteen hours a day. Only by doing so could she support her large family. I suspect that both out of and because of do the trick equally well in the above sample and communicate the same idea.

— Philip

  • Angliholic Out of/Because of necessity, she worked eighteen hours a day.
  • Only by doing so could she support her large family.
  • I suspect that both out of and because of do the trick equally well in the above sample and communicate the same idea.
  • What are your comments?
  • Thanks.
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AngliholicOut of/Because of necessity, she worked eighteen hours a day. Only by doing so could she support her large family.

I suspect that both out of and because of do the trick equally well in the above sample and communicate the same idea. What are your comments? Thanks.
Both are correct. "By n
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Thanks, Philip.

Got it.
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Two things I was taught at school were never start a sentence with "because" and never use "because" and "of" sequentially.
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Hi Bokeh

Were you really taught that in school? That surprises me. Many respected ESL grammar books make a point of discussing the difference between using 'because' and 'because of' (and consider the usage of 'because of' to be perfectly correct).
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Yes I was but I may have been to young to understand the context and have taken it to be a rule. Thinking about it I can see it is natural in some sentences such as the following: "the paragraph above is bad because of the structure of its sentences". What about a sentence starting with "because"? Do you think that's ok? It sounds terrible to me.
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You can start a sentence with 'Because', provided the sentence is complete.

"Because they haven't eaten" is definitely wrong.

"Because they haven't eaten, they are hungry" is correct.
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Bokeh What about a sentence starting with "because"? Do you think that's ok? It sounds terrible to me.
Just as YL gave in his example, too many people over apply this rule.

Why didn't Jason go right home from school?

Because he had band practice. - Not a sentence.

Because he had band practice, Jason did not go right home
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