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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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was due to/owing to the snowstorm
Her absence from the conference was owing to/due to the snowstorm.
Do both owing to and due to work with the above wording? Thanks.
Do both owing to and due to work with the above wording? Thanks.
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The careful choice is because of : 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 incorrect to say The concert was canceled due to the rain, but acceptable to say The cancellation of the concert was due to the rain, where due continues to function as an adjective modifying cancellation. This seems a fine point, however, and since due to is widely used and understood, there seems little reason to avoid using it as a preposition.
- The careful choice is because of : 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 incorrect to say The concert was canceled due to the rain, but acceptable to say The cancellation of the concert was due to the rain, where due continues to function as an adjective modifying cancellation.
- This seems a fine point, however, and since due to is widely used and understood, there seems little reason to avoid using it as a preposition.
- (Am Heritage Dict)
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The careful choice is because of:
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 incorrect to say The concert was canceled due to the rain, but acceptable to say The cancellation of the concert
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 incorrect to say The concert was canceled due to the rain, but acceptable to say The cancellation of the concert
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