yeonseup deokbune haendeureul jal sayonghaessseupnida.

practice

Breakdown of yeonseup deokbune haendeureul jal sayonghaessseupnida.

• 사용하다: to use
• 잘: well
• 덕분에: thanks to

Questions & Answers about yeonseup deokbune haendeureul jal sayonghaessseupnida.

What does 덕분에 mean, and how is it different from 때문에?

덕분에 means thanks to or due to, and it usually suggests that the result is positive.

So in 연습 덕분에, the speaker is saying that practice helped produce a good result.

Compare:

• 연습 덕분에 = thanks to practice
• 연습 때문에 = because of practice

The second one is grammatically possible, but 때문에 is more neutral and is often used when the result is negative or just factual. Because 핸들을 잘 사용했습니다 is a good outcome, 덕분에 fits better.

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Why is there no extra particle after 연습?

Because 덕분에 attaches directly to the noun.

So:

• 연습 덕분에 = thanks to practice

You do not say:

• 연습을 덕분에
• 연습이 덕분에

Here, 덕분에 works like a postposition attached to the noun phrase before it.

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Why is there no subject like I in the sentence?