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hkubracagliyan

22 January

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What is the difference between because of and due to ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.

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danielgullikseng

22 January

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@hkubracagliyan Nah... Don't worry about noun and verb sentences when using "due to" or "because of".

For example:
"He failed due to his carelessness." and " His failure was due to his carelessness." are both correct.

"His failure was because of his carelessness". and "He failed because of his carelessness" are both correct.

"Due to" and "because of" can be used interchangeably, they are basically the same. The only real difference is that "due to" is used more in writing, while "because of" is used more in speech.

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danielgullikseng

22 January

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No differences. They can be used in the same sentences.
Example:
He was late due to slow traffic.
He was late because of slow traffic.

There might be differences, but they are small. "Due to" is a bit more formal than "because of".

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minikui__desu

22 January

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I could not go to school because I was sick
I had an injury (when you hurt yourself) due to a car crash

I do not think there is a difference really but when you can use both they both make sense

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hkubracagliyan

22 January

Turkish

I heard something that due to is used after the noun sentence and because of is used the verb sentence.

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hkubracagliyan

22 January

Turkish

His failure was due to his carelessness.
He failed because of his carelessness

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danielgullikseng

22 January

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@hkubracagliyan Nah... Don't worry about noun and verb sentences when using "due to" or "because of".

For example:
"He failed due to his carelessness." and " His failure was due to his carelessness." are both correct.

"His failure was because of his carelessness". and "He failed because of his carelessness" are both correct.

"Due to" and "because of" can be used interchangeably, they are basically the same. The only real difference is that "due to" is used more in writing, while "because of" is used more in speech.

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hkubracagliyan

22 January

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Oh, okay. Thank you so much!

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What is the difference between because of and due to ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.

No differences. They can be used in the same sentences.Example:He was late due to slow traffic.He was late because of slow traffic.There might be differences, but they are small. "Due to" is a bit more formal than "because of".

I could not go to school because I was sick I had an injury (when you hurt yourself) due to a car crash I do not think there is a difference really but when you can use both they both make sense

No differences. They can be used in the same sentences.
Example:
He was late due to slow traffic.
He was late because of slow traffic.

There might be differences, but they are small. "Due to" is a bit more formal than "because of".

I could not go to school because I was sick
I had an injury (when you hurt yourself) due to a car crash

I do not think there is a difference really but when you can use both they both make sense