hi everybody my name is Alisha today I'm
going to talk about the difference between because of and thanks to these
are two expressions we can use to talk about the cause of a situation or the
cause of a state but let's see maybe some key differences between how to use
them okay let's begin with the phrase because of because of so when we use
because of we use because of before a noun phrase where the noun phrase
expresses the cause of the situation or the cause of an upcoming action for
example so a few examples of this could be because of you or because of the
weather or because of the train delay in each of these example sentences I have a
noun phrase following the expression because of so these are introducing the
cause of the situation so the nuance of because of is that this noun phrase made
something possible or caused something to happen we use because of when we're
explaining a negative situation often time so something negative has happened
we can use this as I'll mention here we can use this to show appreciation to
show a positive outcome or to show our gratitude for something but when we're
talking about negative situations we often use because of to express a
negative result a negative outcome when we want to show our appreciation however
using because of we can say something like because of you I was able to pass
my test so yes we can use this expression to express negative to
express positive situations but we also tend to use this one more to express
negative situations I'll explain in just a moment some other ways to express
negative causes we tend to use because of when there's not a specific person or
a specific entity involved in this situation so for example I had to cancel
my picnic because of rain so here rain is the cause for the
maybe this is a negative situation I had to cancel my picnic and rain it's just
an entity it's not really a an organization it's not a person it's just
something out there that caused a situation to have them so in these cases
like for example a train delay or the weather or some situation outside your
control you can use because of to express that so we use because of before
a noun phrase to express the cause of a situation or the reason for a state we
can use it to talk about positive situations and negative situations but
if you want to express a negative situation a negative state it's
generally a better idea to use because of then thanks to as I'll show you in
just a moment okay so with that in mind let's look at thanks to the other point
for today thanks to just as we did with because of we introduced a noun phrase
before the expression so thanks to plus some noun phrase where the noun phrase
is the reason or is the cause of the situation or this state so again thanks
to you thanks to my teacher thanks to my parents here you my teacher my parents
these are the noun phrases these introduce the reason or the cause of the
state or the situation so the nuance with thanks to again is that the sonow
phrase has made something possible yes but there's a nuance of appreciation in
most cases the word Thanks here thank like to express gratitude to express
appreciation is the route here so there's typically a nuance of
appreciation there's gratitude we can however use this sarcastically so
sarcastically means to use to create the opposite meaning so we can use this
expression sarcastically to show anger if we use thanks to plus a negative
situation for example thanks to you we're late for the movie this is a
sarcastic use of the expression thanks to the speaker is actually unhappy here
the speaker uses the expression thanks to you which is intending to show
appreciation however its followed by this late for the movie
we're late for the movie a negative situation so this is what's called
sarcasm creating the opposite meaning of the words that are actually used in the
expression so we can use thanks too to show our anger in a situation we
typically use thanks to when there's a person or an entity to show our
appreciation to so in these cases I've used you my teacher and my parents these
are people you could use an organization a school maybe a community center for
example so something some organization some person some entity that you can
show your appreciation to we can use thanks to in that case you might also
hear the expression no thanks to to show someone who impeded something so to
impede means to get in the way of or maybe to make it difficult to do
something else so in an example sentence I finally got a new job no thanks to my
old boss so again after no thanks to we have a noun phrase in this case my old
boss so no thanks to shows no appreciation for something however
there's still a result there's still an outcome I finally got a new job but no
thanks to my old boss so I did it without the help of my old boss or
perhaps my old boss tried to make it difficult for me to do something to get
a new job so you might hear no thanks to which shows no appreciation for that
person or that entity so please be careful if you want to show your
appreciation you should use thanks too and of course Express a positive outcome
here so thanks to is better when you're talking about people and entities and
there's a positive situation you can use thanks to to express sarcasm to to
create sarcasm and express anger if however you just want to be very clear
all the time you can use because of to express negative situations without
creating sarcasm so a simple negative situation like my picnic was cancelled
because of rain that's much much better with because of it sounds much more
straight forward and there's no sarcasm in that case so you can use because of
for positive situations and negative situations but if you want to express
something related to a person or to an entity try using thanks to instead it'll
sound a little more appreciative otherwise you can stick to because of
alright so those are a few key differences between the phrases because
of and thanks to I hope that was useful for you if you have any questions please
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