关于because, because of 和due to的用法

总还是有点不清不楚的

只是知道because of和due to后面只能接n,

是不是连动名词也不能接呢，记得好象有帖子讨论过，但是找来找去找不到了，请NN指点

这里有个例子

GWD7-40

Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest rate target five times, and because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will be raised again in November.

1. because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will
2. with the economy’s strength continuing, analysts predicted for weeks that the target
3. because the economy continues strong, analysts predicted for weeks that the target would
4. due to the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target (C)
5. due to the fact of the economy’s continued strength, analysts predicted for weeks that the target will

但好象这题始终有争议,而且判断的解题点似乎也不在这三个词的区别上..

because of和on account of后面要加n，这个是介词的用法，介词后面优先使用名词。

在xdf时，老师说because of后面不能跟复杂的短语结构，但我在真题中看到过类似的结构，所以这个也是相对而言。实际做题时要综合其他因素考虑

Due to means"cause by". It shoud only be used if it can be substitued with "caused by".

It doed not mean the same thing as "because of ",

Incorrect: The game was postponed due to rain.

Correct:   The game was postponed because of rain.

Correct:   The game's postponement was due to rain.

关于due to， OG175其实已经说得非常明白了呀！是attributable to的同义词，那么也就应该是形容词，和做为连词和介词的because以及because of的区别就很清楚了。