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The use of due to to begin a sentence
My former traditional English grammar teacher sternly warned me not to begin any sentence with
" due to " . He instead suggested me of using " owing to " . But , the issue here is that many quality English books are silent about the mandatory use of " owing to " to begin a sentence.
I shall appreciate opinions on this. Thank you.
" due to " . He instead suggested me of using " owing to " . But , the issue here is that many quality English books are silent about the mandatory use of " owing to " to begin a sentence.
I shall appreciate opinions on this. Thank you.
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Roget's thesaurus lists both phrases as synonyms for because of, on account of , and the American Heritage Dictionary offers the following usage note: Due to has been widely used for many years as a compound preposition like owing to , but some critics have insisted that due should be used only as an adjective . ] where due continues to function as an adjective modifying cancellation. This seems a fine point, however, since due to is widely used and understood, there seems little reason to avoid using it as a preposition .
- Roget's thesaurus lists both phrases as synonyms for because of, on account of , and the American Heritage Dictionary offers the following usage note: Due to has been widely used for many years as a compound preposition like owing to , but some critics have insisted that due should be used only as an adjective .
- ] where due continues to function as an adjective modifying cancellation.
- This seems a fine point, however, since due to is widely used and understood, there seems little reason to avoid using it as a preposition .
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Roget's thesaurus lists both phrases as synonyms for because of, on account of, and the American Heritage Dictionary offers the following usage note:
Due to has been widely used for many years as a compound preposition like owing to, but some critics have insisted that due should be used only as an adjective . According to this view, it is
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People here discussed several times about questions like the one you raised. I'd like to advise you it would help you to read through the threads we made.
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