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Ayan86 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Is this sentence okay?

Hi!

Please take a look at this sentence.

The serving boards are extraordinary due to their material combination and variety of colors; they will fit well in any interior.

Is this correct use of "due"?

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The serving boards are extraordinary because of their combination of materials and variety of colors; they fit well in any interior. , "failure due to carelessness"). Its use in contexts where "due" is an adverb ("He failed due to carelessness") has been disputed.

— Mister Micawber

  • The serving boards are extraordinary because of their combination of materials and variety of colors; they fit well in any interior.
  • , "failure due to carelessness").
  • Its use in contexts where "due" is an adverb ("He failed due to carelessness") has been disputed.
  • Fowler says that "due to is often used by the illiterate as though it had passed, like owing to, into a mere compound preposition".
  • But Fowler was writing in 1926; what hadn't happened then may well have happened by now.
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The serving boards are extraordinary because of their combination of materials and variety of colors; they fit well in any interior.

"Due to" meaning "caused by" is undisputedly correct in contexts where "due" can be construed as an adjective (e.g., "failure due to carelessness"). Its use in contexts where "due" is an adverb ("He failed due to carelessness") has been disputed. Fowl
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I think that 'thanks to' gives a more positive feeling than 'due to' or 'because of' in this marketing sentence.
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