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Kwon Ki Poong Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

About "due to"

I made this sentence: there is a concern that unrest such as the political crisis due to insufficient food supply in 2007 might recur.

Althogh it was me who made this sentence, on re-reading, this felt somewhat worng.

It's mainly in relation with the use of "due to."

I tried to figure out what is wrong only to fail.

At first glance, I thought due to cannot be used this way.

Then I thoght this is a sentence in which subject and verb are omitted like the political crisis (which was) due to insufficient food supply...

So, to me, this sentence seems gramatically correct, but feels weird.

Is this just because I'm not familiar with this kind of sentence or is this sentence actually wrong?
  

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This is OK: There is a concern that unrest such as the 2007 political crisis due to insufficient food supply might recur. 0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} "Due to has been widely used for many years as a compound preposition like owing to, but some critics have insisted that due should be used only as an adjective . According to this view, it is incorrect to say The concert was canceled due to the rain but acceptable to say The cancellation of the concert was due to the rain, where due continues to function as an adjective modifying cancellation.

— Mister Micawber

  • This is OK: There is a concern that unrest such as the 2007 political crisis due to insufficient food supply might recur.
  • 0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} "Due to has been widely used for many years as a compound preposition like owing to, but some critics have insisted that due should be used only as an adjective .
  • According to this view, it is incorrect to say The concert was canceled due to the rain but acceptable to say The cancellation of the concert was due to the rain, where due continues to function as an adjective modifying cancellation.
  • This seems a fine point, however, and since due to is widely used and understood, there seems little reason to avoid using it as a preposition.
  • , "failure due to carelessness").
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This is OK:

There is a concern that unrest such as the 2007 political crisis due to insufficient food supply might recur.
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However, you might be interested in this assessment:


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I don't have any more expressions to extend my gratitude to you.

You never diappoint me.

(can I say, "You never fail me"?)

Thanks a lot.
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You could say that, but I wouldn't hold out hope for its truth over the long run!
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Your problem here is that you've got three prepositional phrases between your subject and your verb.

In English we like the verb to come right after the subject.

The first time I read this sentence I thought (the) insufficient food supply was the subject of might recur.

I had to read this sentence twice to find the subject of might recur.

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