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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Grammar
what is the difference between due to, because of, and as a result of?
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Dear friend, due to - caused by or ascribable to, eg, His death was not due to any lack of care. ( Due to is often connected with negative consequences) because of - on account of; by reason of, eg, They moved here because of the baby. (The meaning is neutral, unlike due to ) as a result of = because of (somewhat more formal) Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff
- Dear friend, due to - caused by or ascribable to, eg, His death was not due to any lack of care.
- ( Due to is often connected with negative consequences) because of - on account of; by reason of, eg, They moved here because of the baby.
- (The meaning is neutral, unlike due to ) as a result of = because of (somewhat more formal) Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff
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Dear friend,
due to - caused by or ascribable to, eg,
His death was not due to any lack of care. (Due to is often connected with negative consequences)
because of - on account of; by reason of, eg,
They moved here because of the baby. (The meaning is neutral, unlike due to)
as a result of = because of (somewhat more
due to - caused by or ascribable to, eg,
His death was not due to any lack of care. (Due to is often connected with negative consequences)
because of - on account of; by reason of, eg,
They moved here because of the baby. (The meaning is neutral, unlike due to)
as a result of = because of (somewhat more
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For the average speaker/writer, they are essentially the same and can be used in either positive or negative contexts.
What irks me is when someone uses "thanks to" in a negative context. Even though I recognize that sometimes the speaker is being sarcastic (and sometimes effectively so), I prefer to reserve that expression for positive contexts.
What irks me is when someone uses "thanks to" in a negative context. Even though I recognize that sometimes the speaker is being sarcastic (and sometimes effectively so), I prefer to reserve that expression for positive contexts.
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Dear friends,
just a follow-up. Some critics still maintain that due to can only be used as an adjective, and not as a preposition; thus, in their view, a sentence like
The game was postponed due to rain
is ungrammatical and should be reworded in the following way:
The game was postponed because of rain.
or
The game's
just a follow-up. Some critics still maintain that due to can only be used as an adjective, and not as a preposition; thus, in their view, a sentence like
The game was postponed due to rain
is ungrammatical and should be reworded in the following way:
The game was postponed because of rain.
or
The game's
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Gleb_Chebrikoff Some critics still maintainDear Cheb,
In most cases, those who taught us have already passed on; and we are not far behind.
Take heart!
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Hi,
I PM'd you about the double emoticons. (I don't know if you see them on your screen.)
Anyway, we had a spate of them a few months ago following a software upgrade, and Punky advised me to switch from Explorer to Firefox. That cured the problem for me.
Not having seen any for some time (until your post), I figured the problem had been corrected.
Re the PM, when I posted it, I
I PM'd you about the double emoticons. (I don't know if you see them on your screen.)
Anyway, we had a spate of them a few months ago following a software upgrade, and Punky advised me to switch from Explorer to Firefox. That cured the problem for me.
Not having seen any for some time (until your post), I figured the problem had been corrected.
Re the PM, when I posted it, I
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