He didn’t come because of his illness.
上面的句子可以变成下面这样的强调句吗?
It was because of his illness that he didn’t come.
网友的改写完全正确,换句话 because of… 完全可以被强调:
He didn’t come because of his illness.
It was because of his illness that he didn’t come.
又如:
It was because of poor health that he retired at the age of fifty. 正是因为健康状况不佳,他50 岁时便退休了。
It was because of the
job that he had taken the flat. 正是由于工作上的考虑,他才租下了那套房子。