Chapter 6 Parallelism -

Because of his intolerant attitude, that politician always seems to be attacking the poor.

Shouldn't the sentence start with "Due to" instead of "Because of"?

"Due to" is used to describe a noun whereas "Because of" is used to describe a verb phrase. Here "attitude" is being described.

My small rule for the usage of 'due to'
I use 'caused by' to replace the 'due to' and verify whether the sentence makes any sense.
Caused by his intolerant ...does not make good sense does it.

Actually, "because of" modifies the verb "seems." Why does the politician seem to be attacking the poor? Because of his intolerant attitude. So, you're right that "because of" modifies verbs, and that's exactly what it's doing here.

"Due to" does modify nouns, but it's typically used after the verb "to be."
For example, "The team's win today was due to better conditioning."


Rey

thanks Rey :)

Agreed - nice explanation. :)