Due to 和 Because of 都是常用的字词"因为...什么缘故", 也很常让我搞混.
查了资料这两个词的词性
Due to 是 prep 但本质是形容词, 用来修饰状态; Because of 也是 prep 但本质是副词
用来修饰动词.
e.g. His success was due to family's support (O)
His success was becasue of family's support (X)
He succeeded due to family's support (X)
He succeeded becasue of family's support (O)
这样感觉还是不太好分辨. 另外, 分辨的方法还有用 due to = caused by 方式来取代,
若看起来顺的话, 就可以用 due to
e.g. His success was caused by family's support (O)
He succeeded caused by family's support (X)
以上分享.