Angliholic  +  436791 Tue, 30 Oct 07 01:43 PM 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. Angliholic Joined on Wed, Feb 14 2007 SomewhereinFormosa Veteran Member 6,474 Without true love, life is meaningless and worthless since our physical world is nothing but a dream. ~~Angliholic~~簡瑞達 Sample

	Philip  +  436823 Tue, 30 Oct 07 03:53 PM  Angliholic wrote: 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. Both are correct.   "By necessity" is another choice that I would use over "because of". Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,738 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen Sample

	Bokeh  +  436836 Tue, 30 Oct 07 04:14 PM Two things I was taught at school were never start a sentence with "because" and never use "because" and "of" sequentially. Bokeh Joined on Sun, Mar 18 2007 Spain Regular Member 531

	Yankee  +  436843 Tue, 30 Oct 07 04:24 PM 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). Yankee Joined on Sat, Apr 15 2006 Connecticut, USA Veteran Member 6,500 Amy "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain Grammar, Difference Between

	Bokeh  +  436859 Tue, 30 Oct 07 04:59 PM 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. Bokeh Paragraphs

	Yoong Liat  +  436860 Tue, 30 Oct 07 05:01 PM 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. Yoong Liat Joined on Mon, Sep 4 2006 Veteran Member 6,757

	Grammar Geek  +  436878 Tue, 30 Oct 07 05:59 PM  Bokeh wrote: 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 from school. - Perfectly fine. In fact, if my children answered questions that way on reading comprehension quizes, I'd be delighted. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,671 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!