Dalam soal structure & written expression TOEFL ITP
, perbedaan penggunaan connector/conjunction
dan preposition
biasa diujikan. Ke duanya memang kadang memiliki makna mirip atau bahkan sama.
Contoh dalam kalimat:
Penggunaan because
dan because of
memiliki makna sama yaitu karena
. Walau ke dua jenis kata ini memiliki makna yang sama, ke duanya memiliki cara pakai yang berbeda.
- Because of the rain, I didn’t go to school.
- Because it was raining, I didn’t go to school.
- Because of it was raining, I didn’t go to school. (x)
- Because the rain, I didn’t go to school. (x)
Because
it merupakan connector
, olehnya mesti ketemu dengan subject & verb (clause)
. Sementara, because of
itu merupakan sebuah preposition
, sehingga harus bertemu dengan noun
, bukan clause
.
Conjunction (+ clause) | Preposition (+ object/noun) | Meaning |
Because | Because of | Karena |
Although/even though/though | Despite/in spite of | Walaupun |
While/when | During | Ketika (sedang/sementara) |
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