On cause and effect, reason and result
A lot of this is about understanding the difference between a clause and a phrase.
A clause always has a subject and predicate. A "predicate" is a verb that says something about the subject.
As in "I am".
Here is a big painting of a clause:
A phrase is a conceptual unit, typically forming a component of a clause:
These look good as T-shirts
A lot of the confusion that happens with conjunctive phrases like "as a result", "as a result of", "due to", "because" and "because of" is not just because people get confused about whether they refer to reasons or results, but whether they are followed by clauses or noun phrases.
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