“比赛未能按时进行,由于天气不好”之类的因果复句时见于卷头报端。这里,“由于”一词用法失当。“由于”是一个因果连词。在句子内部,它和“因为”、“所以”、“因此”、“因而”等所表示的组合关系都是因果关系。但是,它们在用法和表意功能上却不尽相同。在表示因果关系的句子中,如果用“由于”,则必须把表结果的分句放在前面,而不能放在后面。开篇例句的正确表述方式应是:“由于天气不好,比赛未能按时进行。”倘若非把表示结果的分句置于前面,表示 “The game failed to be carried out on time due to poor weather” and the causal complex sentences seen in the quotation. Here, the word “due” is misused. “Because” is a causal conjunction. Within the sentence, it is causally related to the combination of “because”, “so”, “therefore” and “henceforth”. However, they differ in usage and ideographic function. If you use “due” in a sentence that indicates a causal relationship, you must put the clause clause of the table result in front rather than the back. The correct formulation of the opening sentence should be: “Due to the bad weather, the match was not carried out on time.” If the clause that states the result is not placed before it, it means