Due to, because of, thanks to, owing to, on the ground of???

[Kimlong]

Hi alls!!!!!!!!!!

Through my reading, i frequently come across the words that consist similar meaning. the very words are: [color=blue]Due to, because of, thanks to, owing to, on the ground of. is there any diffence between the use and the meaning of them.


Your idea is useful for alls!

Like to see your notion!!

Kimlong[/color]

[Keo Somala]

As far as I can gather, all the words below (because of, due to, thanks to, owing to, on the grounds of, on account of, in view of) mean as follows:

Because of : used to explain why sth happened, why?.
- We have done a lot of work because of our everyday needs.

Due to: used especially in official statements to introduce a reason for a difficulty or a failure.
-   The process failed due to their carelessness.

Thanks to your hard work/ a donation?: used when you want to explain why sth good has happened and especially when you are grateful to the person or thing that made it possible
-   Thanks to Paul?s hard work, the website is growing very fast.
Thanks to your carelessness/stupidity?: used when you are annoyed with sb.
-   Thanks to your carelessness, those important documents have been lost.

Owing to: used especially in official statements to introduce an explanation of why sth happened
-   Owing to the presence of all the 5steps members, the website grows active.

On the grounds of (a legal/official word): used to introduce a reason that makes it right or fair for sb to do sth
-   He had been fired from his job on the grounds of incompetence.
-   On the grounds of people?s effort to stop corruption, each country is going to develop so fast.

On account of: used especially when you want to explain the reason for a difficulty, problem or failure.
-   We had to move to London on account of my job.
-   I can?t run on account of my asthma.

In view of: used to introduce a reason for your decision or action.
-   In view of Mark?s recent conduct, his club has decided to suspend him until further notice.

Moreover, these words can take a clause only if we add the word ?the fact? after most of them.
Due to the fact that, because of the fact that, owing to the fact that, thanks to the fact that, in view of the fact that, on the grounds that, on account of the fact that.

-   We need more explanations on the grounds that we need to understand more.
-    The conditions are getting worse due to the fact that each of us don?t understand our own responsibilities.

[Keo Somala]

As far as I can gather, all the words below (because of, due to, thanks to, owing to, on the grounds of, on account of, in view of) mean as follows:

Because of : used to explain why sth happened, why?.
- We have done a lot of work because of our everyday needs.

Due to: used especially in official statements to introduce a reason for a difficulty or a failure.
-   The process failed due to their carelessness.

Thanks to your hard work/ a donation?: used when you want to explain why sth good has happened and especially when you are grateful to the person or thing that made it possible
-   Thanks to Paul?s hard work, the website is growing very fast.
Thanks to your carelessness/stupidity?: used when you are annoyed with sb.
-   Thanks to your carelessness, those important documents have been lost.

Owing to: used especially in official statements to introduce an explanation of why sth happened
-   Owing to the presence of all the 5steps members, the website grows active.

On the grounds of (a legal/official word): used to introduce a reason that makes it right or fair for sb to do sth
-   He had been fired from his job on the grounds of incompetence.
-   On the grounds of people?s effort to stop corruption, each country is going to develop so fast.

On account of: used especially when you want to explain the reason for a difficulty, problem or failure.
-   We had to move to London on account of my job.
-   I can?t run on account of my asthma.

In view of: used to introduce a reason for your decision or action.
-   In view of Mark?s recent conduct, his club has decided to suspend him until further notice.

Moreover, these words can take a clause only if we add the word ?the fact? after most of them.
Due to the fact that, because of the fact that, owing to the fact that, thanks to the fact that, in view of the fact that, on the grounds that, on account of the fact that.

-   We need more explanations on the grounds that we need to understand more.
-    The conditions are getting worse due to the fact that each of us don?t understand our own responsibilities.

[Kimlong]

Thanks for your great ideas MALA!

you are very handy for the question. i still, however, have a bit doubt.

Does all the aboves use in the same structure?

Ex: Because of+ noun phrase, owing to+noun phrase


  -       We have done a lot of work because of our everyday needs

  -     Owing to the presence of all the 5steps members, the website grows active.

[jupiter]

Hi Kimlong  

To my knowledge, Because of, Due to, Owing to... are prepositoin, what follows each of them must be Gerund, Noun, or Noun Phhrase.

Eg. Because of raining, I couldn't go to study.
     Because of the rain, I couldn't go to study.

If you want to use the clause after it, you have to use the conjunction "Because".
Eg. Because it rained, I couldn't go to study

just some idea

Jupiter

[Keo Somala]

Hi Kimlong,

I agree with Jupiter's answer. Those are prepositions which take "noun, noun phrase & gerund, object pronoun...."

-Because of you, I cried a lot.
-Because of what you have said, i have finally decided.

Thanks, Jupiter, for some great additional ideas and Kimlong, for excellent questions.