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Many learners of English make the following mistake: *The traffic caused that I was late.* In English, we cannot use that after cause. SkiptomaincontentSkiptoprimarysidebarManylearnersofEnglishmakethefollowingmistake: *ThetrafficcausedthatIwaslate.* InEnglish,wecannotusethataftercause. Wecanonlysay: Somethingcausessomethingelse. Thestormcausedapowercut. IfyouwanttosaythatthetrafficcausedyoutobelateinnaturalEnglish,youneedtouseadifferentstructure,forexample: Becauseofthetraffic,Iwaslate. Thetrafficmademelate. Thetrafficmademearrivelate.   ReaderInteractionsComments reallyhelpful.thanks Reply Hello, Thankyou,it’shelpful. ButIhaveaquestion: Isthereadifferencebetween*becauseof*and*dueto*? Thanksinadvance. Reply Hi,thereisasubtledifferencebutitisoftenacceptabletousetheminterchangeably.PerhapsIwillwriteapostonthedifferences.Inthemeantime,youcancheckoutthisarticleBecauseofvs.Dueto. Reply LeaveaReplyCancelreplyYouremailaddresswillnotbepublished.Requiredfieldsaremarked*CommentName* Email* Website PrimarySidebarCategories BenefitsofLearningLanguagesConfusingwordsinEnglishEnglishgrammarLanguageLearningResourcesTravelTypicalmistakesinEnglish SpeakNaturalEnglish EssentialCoursetoHelpyouCommunicateLikeaNativeSpeaker EnrollNow NativeSpeakerOnlineonFacebook



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