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Nayeem19 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Due to ( an adjective ?)

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00 If we should not start sentences with " due to " , why should this sentence be right - " Due to wet leaves on the line , this train will arrive an hour late " ? 02br
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00 It 's a sample sentence from the Cambridge dictionary of English ! 02br
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00I know that due to can be substituted with ' as a result of ' , ' because of ' . 02br
00I need to know if this sentence is symantically correct or not - " ...then an economy 02br
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00As I know , ' due to ' generally is used for disapproving something . Should I replace due to with 02br
00because of in the above sentence ? 0-
  

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0 This thread contains a discussion of the problem, Nayeem – if it doesn't help, let us know! 02br 02br 05002br 02br 00MrP 040pid64059

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0 This thread contains a discussion of the problem, Nayeem – if it doesn't help, let us know! 02br
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0I did check that thread . I couldn't find a way to post a reply in that thread . That's why I've created a new thread . 0-
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0 Hello Nayeem 02br
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00'Due to' is now commonly used as a synonym for 'because of', especially in public service announcements. This is probably why the Cambridge dictionary included it. 02br
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00When 'due to' is preceded by the verb 'to be' ('the delay was due to wet leaves on the line'), there is no objection. 02br
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