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Vicente P. Teng II Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Because of/due to

I am not sure about "due to".

I couldn't go to see my doctor due to my afternoon shift work.
My sister doesn't want to pay my bill due to the responsibility for my money is mine.
The sound doesn't come out of the speaker due to a towel to cover.
  

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It does not work in your 2nd or 3rd sentences because of other grammar problems: I couldn't go to see my doctor due to / because of my afternoon shift work. My sister doesn't want to pay my bill because the responsibility for my money is mine. The sound doesn't come out of the speaker due to / because of a towel that is covering it.

— Mister Micawber

  • It does not work in your 2nd or 3rd sentences because of other grammar problems: I couldn't go to see my doctor due to / because of my afternoon shift work.
  • My sister doesn't want to pay my bill because the responsibility for my money is mine.
  • The sound doesn't come out of the speaker due to / because of a towel that is covering it.
  • 'Due to' is a tricky one for a few of us, but most writers don't care anymore.
  • Here is the Usage Note from the American Heritage Dictionary: "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.
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It does not work in your 2nd or 3rd sentences because of other grammar problems:

I couldn't go to see my doctor due to / because of my afternoon shift work.
My sister doesn't want to pay my bill because the responsibility for my money is mine.
The sound doesn't come out of the speaker due to / because of a towel that is covering it.
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Mister Micawber...a towel that is covering it.
I'm curious why is this changed? not "a towel to cover"?

I figured out in my mind...

here i give some sentences.
My plan for this weekend is cancelled already due to the awful weather.
I am bankrupt due to a scammer who stole my money.
We heard that the my schoolmate's class is suspen
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I'm curious why is this changed? not "a towel to cover"?-- 'A towel to cover it' refers only to a potential use of the towel.


Your new sentences are OK, but my opinion, as I said before, is that you should use 'because of' always, as I do.
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