Owing to OR due to
I have to replace bold part with correct alternative, if its incorrect.
#1 The meeting was postponed owing to lack of quorum.
A. Because of
B. Due to
C. For
D. No error
As I know "owing to", "due to" are interchangeable, and can be used to mean "because of".
But when "due to" is used after verb "be", We can't use "owing to" here. For example : Their success was due to (Not owing to) hard work and brilliant planning.
For me, answer is D. But in answer sheet C is given. why?
Can we start a sentence with "due to"?
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"owing to" is itself correctly used, but, to me, "owing to lack of quorum" seems missing one or two determiners. Perhaps "for lack of ~" may be thought better than "owing to lack of ~", but it's still not at all clear that (C) should be the correct answer. In my opinion it is a poor or faulty question.
- "owing to" is itself correctly used, but, to me, "owing to lack of quorum" seems missing one or two determiners.
- Perhaps "for lack of ~" may be thought better than "owing to lack of ~", but it's still not at all clear that (C) should be the correct answer.
- In my opinion it is a poor or faulty question.
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"owing to" is itself correctly used, but, to me, "owing to lack of quorum" seems missing one or two determiners. Perhaps "for lack of ~" may be thought better than "owing to lack of ~", but it's still not at all clear that (C) should be the correct answer. In my opinion it is a poor or faulty question.
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