Due to 和 Because of 都是常用的字詞"因為...什麼緣故", 也很常讓我搞混.
查了資料這兩個詞的詞性
Due to 是 prep 但本質是形容詞, 用來修飾狀態; Because of 也是 prep 但本質是副詞
用來修飾動詞.
e.g. His success was due to family's support (O)
His success was becasue of family's support (X)
He succeeded due to family's support (X)
He succeeded becasue of family's support (O)
這樣感覺還是不太好分辨. 另外, 分辨的方法還有用 due to = caused by 方式來取代,
若看起來順的話, 就可以用 due to
e.g. His success was caused by family's support (O)
He succeeded caused by family's support (X)
以上分享.