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It's опоздал, not опаздал (checkword: поздно).

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Well, yes, I've never ever misspelled a word in Russian, that's right. At least since I was seven or eight years old, or even earlier (I read and write since I was four.)

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вау. вы такой дотошный? ))

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I would like to remind that the working language in this community is English. It is OK to post or comment in Russian, but you are expected to provide translation.

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i don't give a damn what i'm expected to do )) my luck)

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Well, it is not exactly wise to mess with community moderators, isn't it?

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u can type it right on ur forehead with red letters. that u r a moderator. that doesn't impress me much, sorry ))

and send an ambulance for me, please, when i start thinking of what i shall say in livejournal and to whom and in what way in terms of wisdom )

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Well, you asked for it.

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1. Please note that the working language of this community is English
2. Please avoid personal comments that add nothing to the discussed subject.

Thank you.

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otherwise u ban me?
ok, i got it)) that's life)

please, note that wolk off didn't comment on the subject of the topic
please, note that u urself didn't comment on the subject

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>Sorry, I don't believe you

That is your problem, not mine. Anyway, the OP has seemingly got what he was asking about anyway, but providing OP (and other defenseless learners of Russian) with wrong spellings is worth being pointed at.

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опОздал is the only correct spelling

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из-за = because of sth
потому что = because + subordinate clause

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archaicos.livejournal.com

The difference is in the grammatical usage:

из-за + genitive case of the cause, where the cause is a noun phrase

потому что + subordinate clause expressing the cause, not a noun phrase

You can also use из-за exactly as потому что if you transform it to из-за того что:

из-за того что + subordinate clause

Semantically they're the same (unless perhaps there's some contextual ambiguity in the meaning of из-за, which can be "from behind of something").

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In addition. Commas are always to be put before "что" in "из-за того, что".

"Потому что" is to be preceeded with one, but there is also a usage like "потому, что". In such cases there's a slight shift in emphasis.

Я сделал это, потому что хотел. I did it because I wanted to.
Я сделал это потому, что хотел. closer to: I did it for such a reason, that I wanted to.

You shift the pause in your speech to follow the comma in the latter case and increase your stress on "потому".
"Из-за того, что" has a speech pattern similar to "Потому, что": more stress to "того", and a little pause to point out the comma.

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вследствие is more bookish; besides, you cannot say вследствие about a person. I.e. "из-за тебя я опоздал" is OK, but "вследствие тебя я опоздал" is wrong.

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I think that it is context that matters.

They say:
She doesn't write a letter из-за него (he was an obstacle),
She doesn't write a letter из-за того, что он мешает.
She doesn't write a letter потому что он мешает.

BUT we usually do not say
She doesn't write a letter потому что он.

Please some other examples
----We say using потому что
He doesn't write a poem потому что (он) не поэт or maybe
потому что неграмотен,
потому что не в духе,
потому что чувствует себя плохо
потому что жарко.

----The same sentense is said with the help of из-за
He doesn't write a poem из-за того, что не является поэтом, or из-за того, что не поэт or maybe
из-за того, что неграмотен,
из-за того, что не в духе,
из-за того, что чувствует себя плохо or из-за плохого самочувствия,
из-за жары.

I hope it might be helpful.
You are welcome!

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