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Topic: why is this sentence inccorect?
PostSun Oct 25, 2009 6:17 pm Reply with quote
THe game was postponed due to rain - INC
the game was postponed on account of rain - C
the game's postponment was due to rain -C

i understand that "due to" is the same as "caused by"
, i mean i hear people say the first option all the time!
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PostMon Oct 26, 2009 4:44 am Reply with quote
"due to" is an idiom, and it's use colloquially like in the INC sentence, is technically a correct use of the word. From a grammatical view, because the verb in the first sentence is "was postponed" I guess it is not as clear as in the last sentence, where they transformed "postponed" into the subject noun and use the complete "was due to" idiom. Short answer is, I am not sure why they label the first one as incomplete. Perhaps an English major can chime in for us.
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