adverbial of cause
- noun
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adverbial de causa
- In the sentence 'He apologized because he was late,' 'because he was late' is an adverbial of cause.
Examples
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She missed the meeting for being unwell, which is an adverbial of cause.
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In grammar, an adverbial of cause helps clarify why someone did something, like in 'She left due to the rain.'
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Teachers often ask students to identify the adverbial of cause in complex sentences.
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An adverbial of cause explains why something happens.
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The sentence contained an adverbial of cause for clarity.
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In the sentence 'He left early because he was tired,' 'because he was tired' serves as an adverbial of cause.
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When analyzing sentences, you should be able to spot the adverbial of cause that explains the reason for an action.
Synonyms
A phrase or clause that explains why something happens
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an adverbial that indicates the reason' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'adverbial' (a modifying word/phrase/clause) with 'of cause' (indicating reason). This is a compositional grammatical label with clear parallels in other languages, so a learner who knows the constituent words can infer the term's meaning.
Etymology
Adverbial of cause is like a small label attached to an action that tells the 'why': the adverbial is the little tag and the cause is the reason it points to. So, when you see an adverbial of cause, it is showing 'because...' and explains why something happened.
