The reason this project was a huge success is thanks to the cooperation of everyone on the team.
📖 Explanation & Nuance
The grammar pattern "～おかげで" (okage de) expresses gratitude or attributes a positive outcome to a specific cause, person, or fortunate circumstance. It means "thanks to" or "because of" (in a good way), indicating that the preceding action or condition led to a favorable result. It often carries a nuance of appreciation for the good consequence.
良い結果になった原因を表します。前の事柄のおかげで、良い結果が得られたという感謝の気持ちを含みます。「～のおかげで～になった」という構造です。
📝 Example Sentence
このプロジェクトが大成功したのは、チームの皆様の協力の「おかげです」。
The reason this project was a huge success is thanks to the cooperation of everyone on the team.
Practice Quiz
Verify your grammar strength for "〜おかげで"
Explanation (EN): The grammar pattern \"～おかげで\" (okage de) expresses gratitude or attributes a positive outcome to a specific cause, person, or fortunate circumstance. It means \"thanks to\" or \"because of\" (in a good way), indicating that the preceding action or condition led to a favorable result. It often carries a nuance of appreciation for the good consequence.\n\nCommon Mistakes:\n❌ せいです: 'せいです' can also express a reason, but it's actually only used for [bad results]! Since this is a great result ('huge success'), choosing 'おかげです' will perfectly convey your positive feelings!\n❌ からには: 'からには' means 'Now that...'. You can't end a sentence with '協力のからには'! It is grammatically incorrect.\n❌ はずです: Close! '〜はずです' expresses a strong guess ('must be'), so it doesn't quite work when explaining the reason for something that has already happened.
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