owing to，because of 两者的区别在哪里？

lixiaoguangs

具体用法上有哪些区别呢？

smallbunny

in my opinion, OWING TO normally can only be placed at the beginning of a sentence, whereas BECAUSE OF is flexible.

what do u think?

susanyaki

都是懒人啊，呵呵，

from longman:

owing to 几乎完全等价于 because of, 是很正式的用法。在口语中because of 更常用