usage of because of

by **san** Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:36 am

OG says because of worng in #120.

But it has one example in grammatical construction which says

We could not come to meeting because of conflict.

What is correct and what is worng ?

by **JonathanSchneider** Thu Nov 06, 2008 2:57 pm

I don't think there is anything inherently wrong with the phrase "because of." #120 is a clarity/concision issue. "Because of" is unhelpful there because it adds more words than we need.