Questions: "due to, because of and thanks to" 5. Compare the sentence "It is broken because of water" and "It is broken because unintentionally I plunged it into a bucket full of water". Do they show a similar meaning? What is the difference between them?

<p>Jawaban untuk soal ini adalah:</p><p><strong>"</strong><i><strong>Yes, they show similar meaning. The difference is in the structure. 'Because of' is written before noun 'water', meanwhile 'because' is written before an independent clause 'Unintentionally, I plunged it into a bucket full of water'.</strong></i><strong>".</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>(Ya, keduanya menunjukkan makna yang sama. Perbedaannya ada di struktur. 'Because of' ditulis sebelum kata benda 'water', sedangkan 'because' ditulis sebelum klausa independen 'I plunged it into a bucket full of water'.)</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Soal ini menanyakan apakah konjungsi '<i>because of</i>' dan '<i>because</i>' memiliki makna yang sama. Lalu, perbedaannya apa.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Untuk menjawab soalnya, perhatikan dua kalimat berikut!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i>It is broken because of water. </i>(Ini rusak karena air.)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i>It is broken because unintentionally, I plunged it into a bucket full of water.</i></p><p>(Ini rusak karena tanpa sengaja, aku menjatuhkannya ke dalam ember penuh air.)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Dilihat dari artinya, kedua kalimat tersebut sama-sama menunjukkan hubungan sebab-akibat (cause-effect) karena ada konjungsi '<i>because of</i>' dan <i>'because</i>'. Selain itu, keduanya juga menunjukkan penyebab rusaknya suatu barang, yaitu air.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Perbedaan antara konjungsi '<i>because of</i>' dan <i>'because</i>' ada di struktur atau cara penulisannya dalam kalimat. Konjungsi '<i>because of</i>' ditulis sebelum kata benda (noun) '<i>water</i>', sedangkan konjungsi '<i>because</i>' ditulis sebelum klausa independen '<i>unintentionally, I plunged it into a bucket full of water</i>'.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Jadi, jawaban untuk soal ini adalah:</p><p><strong>"</strong><i><strong>Yes, they show similar meaning. The difference is in the structure. 'Because of' is written before noun 'water', meanwhile 'because' is written before an independent clause 'Unintentionally, I plunged it into a bucket full of water'.</strong></i><strong>".</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>(Ya, keduanya menunjukkan makna yang sama. Perbedaannya ada di struktur. 'Because of' ditulis sebelum kata benda 'water', sedangkan 'because' ditulis sebelum klausa independen 'I plunged it into a bucket full of water'.)</strong></p>