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Abbas Rajabpour Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Due to or Because of

As I know Because of is an adverb which describes the verb and Due to is an adjective that describes the noun.

Could you please notify the noun and verb that each of them modifying?


This in turn will stimulate further investment due to the multiplier effect

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Abbas Rajabpour As I know Because of is an adverb which describes the verb and Due to is an adjective that describes the noun. This seems to be referring to the traditional rule whereby "due to" was supposed to be restricted to the meaning "caused by". For example, one would say "The cancellation was due to bad weather", but supposedly not "Due to bad weather, the event was cancelled".

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  • Abbas Rajabpour As I know Because of is an adverb which describes the verb and Due to is an adjective that describes the noun.
  • This seems to be referring to the traditional rule whereby "due to" was supposed to be restricted to the meaning "caused by".
  • For example, one would say "The cancellation was due to bad weather", but supposedly not "Due to bad weather, the event was cancelled".
  • Nowadays almost no one knows this rule, and even many of those who were once taught it no longer follow it.
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Abbas RajabpourAs I know Because of is an adverb which describes the verb and Due to is an adjective that describes the noun.

This seems to be referring to the traditional rule whereby "due to" was supposed to be restricted to the meaning "caused by". For example, one would say "The cancellation was due to bad weather", but supposedly not "Due to bad weathe

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Please do not double post.

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CJ

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Abbas RajabpourAs I know Because of is an adverb which describes the verb and Due to is an adjective that describes the noun.

I see both "because of" and "due to" as idioms. You can't deduct the meaning of the idioms by applying lexical definitions of words used in them. Syntactically, I understand "because of NP" and "due to NP" as a preposit

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