It has been estimated that the annual cost to the United States of illiteracy in lost industrial output and tax revenues is at least $20 billion a year.(A) the annual cost to the United States of illiteracy in lost industrial output and tax revenues is at least $20 billion a year (B) the annual cost of illiteracy to the United States is at least $20 billion a year because of lost industrial output and tax revenues (C) illiteracy costs the United States at least $20 billion a year in lost industrial output and tax revenues (D) $20 billion a year in lost industrial output and tax revenues is the annual cost to the United States of illiteracy（C） (E) lost industrial output and tax revenues cost the United States at least $20 billion a year because of illiteracy 對於BE裡頭的becasue of 扮演什麼樣的角色,要如何理解?
Sorry but I made a mistake in my original comment. The usage of "because of" in B) and E) is grammatically correct. However, GMAC prefers to use "because of" in a relatively straightforward way, such as "Because of A, X blah blah blah."
我认为A里面：Cost to the United States的用法不正确，查了下朗文 1，Cost 表达所有属性的时候用法只有cost of 参见：[countable]the amount of money that you have to pay in order to buy, do, or produce something cost of the cost of accommodation I offered topay the cost ofthe taxi. Insurance tocover the cost ofa funeral is possible. This doesn't include the cost of repairing the damage. The new building's going up at a cost of $82 million. low cost housing the high cost of production A cassette/radio is included at no extra cost. The funds will just cover the museum's running costs.
2，只有下面的词条有cost to的用法 参见: [uncountable and countable] something that you lose, give away, damage etc in order to achieve something at (a) cost to somebody She had kept her promise to Christine, but at what cost to herself? 另外即使cost to USA成立，也冗余罗嗦的多相比C来说
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