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to say that something has cropped up and we have to put our meeting off can I use also the expressions "Due to a mishap" "Due to a setback" and "due to a hitch"?
to say that something has cropped up and we have to put our meeting off can I use also the expressions "Due to a mishap" "Due to a setback" and "due to a hitch"?
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It really depends on what has cropped up and how you want to present it. Those words have slightly different nuances: "mishap" sounds as if an accident or blunder has occurred; "setback" sounds as if a significant problem has delayed a project, for example, while "hitch" feels more minor. Traditionally, a sentence such as "Due to a setback/mishap/hitch, we have postponed the meeting" would be considered an incorrect use of "due to".
- It really depends on what has cropped up and how you want to present it.
- Those words have slightly different nuances: "mishap" sounds as if an accident or blunder has occurred; "setback" sounds as if a significant problem has delayed a project, for example, while "hitch" feels more minor.
- Traditionally, a sentence such as "Due to a setback/mishap/hitch, we have postponed the meeting" would be considered an incorrect use of "due to".
- Nowadays, increasingly, no one notices this as an error
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It really depends on what has cropped up and how you want to present it. Those words have slightly different nuances: "mishap" sounds as if an accident or blunder has occurred; "setback" sounds as if a significant problem has delayed a project, for example, while "hitch" feels more minor.
Traditionally, a sentence such as "Due to a setback/mishap/hitch, we have postponed the meeting" woul
Traditionally, a sentence such as "Due to a setback/mishap/hitch, we have postponed the meeting" woul
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