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Tkacka15 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Due to the weather

The flight was cancelled due to the weather.

Is "due to the weather" a prepositional phrase in the sentence above?

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I think it is. I read "due" as a preposition (the head of the PP) followed by its complement "to the weather".

  

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tkacka15 The flight was cancelled due to the weather. That is bad grammar, so analysis is futile. The cancellation was due to the weather.

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  • tkacka15 The flight was cancelled due to the weather.
  • That is bad grammar, so analysis is futile.
  • The cancellation was due to the weather.
  • The flight was cancelled because of the weather.
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tkacka15The flight was cancelled due to the weather.

That is bad grammar, so analysis is futile. The cancellation was due to the weather. The flight was cancelled because of the weather.

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tkacka15I read "due" as a preposition

That may be correct. This is a difficult case.

"due" is usually considered an adjective, however.

I'd say that 'to the weather' is a preposition phrase which is a complement of the adjective 'due'.

CJ

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