8. because of后一定不能接从句吗
He was sentenced to death what he had stolen from the bank.
A. thatB. sinceC. becauseD. because of
许多同认为此题应选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,它相当于一个名词(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。She cried because of what you said.她哭是因为你说的话。