because what还是because of what有这样一道考题，答案是选哪个？

He was sentenced to death _________ what he had stolen from the bank.

A.

that B.

since C.

because D.

because of许多同学们认为此题应选C，因为关于 because 和 because of 的用法有如下区别规则：because是连词，其后接句子；而because of是介词，其后接名词、代词或动名词。

此规则并没错，只是表述不很准确。

一般说来，because 作为从属连词，用以引导原因状语从句时，其后应是一个不含有引导词的句子，而不能是 what 引导的从句。

另一方面，本题中的 what he had stolen＝the thing(s) that he had stolen，也就是说，这个what-从句从本质上说，它相当于个一名词(或者更准确地说是一个受定语从句修饰的名词)，所以此题应选 because of。

请看以下类似的例子：She cried because of what you said.

她哭是因为你说的话(



。

He left angrily because of what you said at the meeting.

他生气地离去，是因为你在会上说的话。

The man was punished because of what he had done.

他因为自己所做的事而受到了惩罚。

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