sukanyar wrote:
tripathymadhu31 wrote:
"becuase of" modifies verbs.
Can you let me know exactly where you read this. I am trying to correlate with the following example: Suresh was poor because of circumstances.
This sentences seems to be correct to me, though here, "because of" modifies "poor", which is an adjective and not a verb; or are you suggesting the usage of "because of" is incorrect here?
tripathymadhu31 wrote:
Here 'caused by' successfully modifies "the formation of nebulas"
I believe "caused by" is actually modifying "astronomical phenomena".[/quote][/quote]
I agree " caused by" modifies "astronomical phenomena" in real. Since " formation of nebulas" is given as an example of " astronomical phenomena", i wrote the other one in haste.
Regarding your doubt yes "poor" is an adjective. But it is a predicate adjective and was - linking verb.
Ask the question " why was suresh poor?" Ans- circumstances. So here "because of" is modifying the verb.
If u want to use here "due to" or "caused by" then the sentence should be " the poverty of suresh was due to circumstances". Ask the question " reason of suresh's poverty?" Ans - circumstances.so "due to" is successfully modifying noun. Actually in the other case " usage of "due to" would have been used to explain the reason behind the verb.
I read this concept in
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