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We would like to canecl the booking, due to the test was failure or failed yesterday

BarbaraPA · Accepted Answer

Because the test was a failure yesterday, we would like to cancel the... is booking the right word?

Anonymous · Answer

Grammar GeekBecause the test was a failure yesterday, we would like to cancel the... is booking the right word?

Hi Barbara,

How is difference between "due to" and "because" ?

Thanks in advance / Zoe

BarbaraPA · Answer

Hi Zoe (I think I mentioned once before that "Zoe" is also my daughter's name.)

Only in how it's used.

Due to the failing results, Because of the failing results.

I just found several Web sites that try to say they are very different, but to my native ear, I just don't hear it.

See this:

Due to and owing to mean just what because of means. All three are prepositions. Owing to fought and won its way to respectability a good while ago, and now due to has almost won its battle, although there is a residue of conservative unhappiness over it when it does not follow a linking verb, as in He arrived late, due to a flat tire. Some Edited English and Oratorical speech will still avoid such uses, but at all other levels all three locutions are Standard: Because of [owing to, due to] his having sprained his ankle, he walked with a cane. Because of [owing to, due to] his sprained ankle, he walked with a cane.

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Yankee · Answer

Anonymous
Grammar GeekBecause the test was a failure yesterday, we would like to cancel the... is booking the right word?
Hi Barbara,

How is difference between "due to" and "because" ?

Thanks in advance / Zoe

Hi Zoe
Your original sentence had the added problem that you wrote "due to" rather than
"due to the fact that".
If you want to use "due to" to give a reason, this is basically what you need to remember:

Due to the fact that = because:
"We would like to cancel the booking, due to the fact that the test failed / was a failure yesterday."
"We would like to cancel the booking, because the test failed / was a failure yesterday."

Due to = because of:
"We would like to cancel the booking, due to the test failure yesterday."
"We would like to cancel the booking, because of the test failure yesterday."

Anonymous · Answer

Hi Barbara,

Yes, you did told me your daughter's name is same as me last time, I am happy your are shared with me.

Thanks for your explanation, Barbra & Yankee.

Good night !

Regards, / Zoe

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