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by gmat_perfect » Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:17 am
The golden crab of the Gulf of Mexico has not been fished commercially in great numbers, primarily on account of living at great depths - 2500 to 3000 feet down.

A) on account of living

B) on account of their living

C) because it lives

D) because of living

E) because they live

[spoiler]OA: C[/spoiler]

I have reached to the OA.

I have explained in the following ways:

The options B and E are wrong because "their" in B and "they" in E do not have proper antecedent.

What are the problems in using:

1. On account of living?
2. Because of living?

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by kvcpk » Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:55 am
IMO pronoun IT is needed. Because, we need to clearly state that the golden crab is living at greater depths and not something else (like fishermen, etc..)

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by uwhusky » Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:45 am
According to dictionary.com:

https://dictionary.reference.com/browse/account

on account of,
a. by reason of; because of.

They are very similar, so you can't use them for split.
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by BastiG » Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:52 am
gmat_perfect wrote:The golden crab of the Gulf of Mexico has not been fished commercially in great numbers, primarily on account of living at great depths - 2500 to 3000 feet down.

A) on account of living missing subject

B) on account of their living missing subject + their should be its

C) because it lives correct

D) because of living wrong idiom (correct because of + noun) , missing subject

E) because they live they should be it

[spoiler]OA: C[/spoiler]

I have reached to the OA.

I have explained in the following ways:

The options B and E are wrong because "their" in B and "they" in E do not have proper antecedent.

What are the problems in using:

1. On account of living?
2. Because of living?

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by gmat_perfect » Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:10 pm
uwhusky wrote:According to dictionary.com:

https://dictionary.reference.com/browse/account

on account of,
a. by reason of; because of.

They are very similar, so you can't use them for split.
I am not using these two for choice. I wanted to know what is the exact problem if "on account of" or "because of" were used in the sentence.

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by uwhusky » Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:16 pm
It appears that "because of" must be followed by a noun.

https://gmat-grammar.blocked/2006/0 ... se-of.html
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by gmat_perfect » Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:41 pm
uwhusky wrote:It appears that "because of" must be followed by a noun.

https://gmat-grammar.blocked/2006/0 ... se-of.html
Thanks for the reference:

There is a mistake in the post:

We were late because of the rain.
I'm happy because of you.

These two examples are NOT correct.

Because of is used after main verb, and due to is used after be verb (am, is, are, was ,were etc.):

Example:

The program was canceled because of rain.---------Correct because main verb---cancel.

The cancellation of the program was due to rain.-------Correct because main verb is---was.

So, the two sentences used here should be as follows:

We were late due to rain.---------main verb---were--be verb.

I am happy due to you..............main verb---am--be verb.

You can search for "due to" Vs "because of".

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by uwhusky » Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:49 pm
It's very good that you can catch mistakes like those, but I think the author was mainly focused on addressing the usage of because and because of.
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by mundasingh123 » Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:26 pm
gmat_perfect wrote:
uwhusky wrote:It appears that "because of" must be followed by a noun.

https://gmat-grammar.blocked/2006/0 ... se-of.html
Thanks for the reference:

There is a mistake in the post:

We were late because of the rain.
I'm happy because of you.

These two examples are NOT correct.

Because of is used after main verb, and due to is used after be verb (am, is, are, was ,were etc.):

Example:

The program was canceled because of rain.---------Correct because main verb---cancel.

The cancellation of the program was due to rain.-------Correct because main verb is---was.

So, the two sentences used here should be as follows:

We were late due to rain.---------main verb---were--be verb.

I am happy due to you..............main verb---am--be verb.

You can search for "due to" Vs "because of".

Thanks.
Where did u get this because of and due to funda?
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by mundasingh123 » Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:31 pm
gmat_perfect wrote:
uwhusky wrote:It appears that "because of" must be followed by a noun.

https://gmat-grammar.blocked/2006/0 ... se-of.html
Thanks for the reference:

There is a mistake in the post:

We were late because of the rain.
I'm happy because of you.

These two examples are NOT correct.

Thanks.
So how to rectify the above two sentences which u said were incorrect
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by gmat_perfect » Sun Aug 29, 2010 6:35 am
mundasingh123 wrote:
gmat_perfect wrote:
uwhusky wrote:It appears that "because of" must be followed by a noun.

https://gmat-grammar.blocked/2006/0 ... se-of.html
Thanks for the reference:

There is a mistake in the post:

We were late because of the rain.
I'm happy because of you.

These two examples are NOT correct.

Thanks.
So how to rectify the above two sentences which u said were incorrect
I have already given the corrected versions of the sentences.

Again.

We were late due to rain------correct.==> because Be verb, were, needs to use due to.

i am happy due to you..........correct ==> Because be verb, am, needs due to after it.

Hope that helps.

If you have any question, please don't hesitate.
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by loveusonu » Sun Aug 29, 2010 7:58 am
because of ____ing", where ____ing is a verb participle, is unidiomatic
The only exception to this rule is when ___ing acts as a adjective and is followed by noun.

The rule of because of vs due to usage is:
"Because of" refers to verb, while "due to" refers to noun.

Eg: The evolution in cricket was due to availability of some great batsmen --> Due to refering to evolution(noun)
The cricket was evolved because of availability of some great batsmen --> Because of reffering to evolved.

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by gmat_perfect » Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:43 am
"Due to" or "Because"?

Now let's discuss "due to" and "because." As happens so often these days, there's a traditional way and a rebel way. The traditional view is that you should use "due to" only as an adjective, usually following the verb "to be" (1). For example, if you say, "The cancellation was due to rain," the words "due to" modify "cancellation." That sentence is a bit formal, but it fits the traditionalist rule.

If you want to be more casual, you'll say, "It was cancelled because of rain." According to purists, you're not allowed to say, "It was cancelled due to rain" because "due to" doesn't have anything to modify. Purists argue that "due to" is an adjective; it shouldn't be a compound preposition.

Very few of us are thinking about adjectives and compound prepositions when we speak, so it may be difficult to know when you're using "due to" as an adjective. Strunk & White (2) suggest using "due to" when you can replace it with "attributable to," whereas in her book Woe is I Patricia O'Connor (3) proposes substituting "caused by" or "resulting from." She explains that if a sentence begins with "due to," as in "Due to inclement weather, school was canceled," the sentence is "probably wrong."

So if you find yourself agreeing with traditionalists-or if your writing will be judged by one-use "due to" if you can substitute "attributable to," "caused by," or "resulting from." And don't use it at the beginning of a sentence.

Now let's be rebellious. Fowler's Modern English Usage points out that the objection to "due to" as a compound preposition is "an entirely 20c phenomenon, but it begins to look as if this use of 'due to' will form part of the natural language of the 21c" (4). The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style (5) agrees, stating that "The tide has turned toward accepting 'due to' as a full-fledged preposition."

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by lunarpower » Tue Sep 14, 2010 2:00 am
here's the easiest way to figure out "due to":

"due to" means "caused by".
if you can't replace "due to" with "caused by", then it's wrong.

for instance:

i was late due to the construction --> incorrect (because you can't say "i was late caused by the construction")

i was late because of the construction --> correct.

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in general, "due to" only applies to nouns, since it means "caused by".

for instance,
the traffic jam was due to an obstruction in the left lane
or
the traffic jam due to the obstruction in the left lane caused 30-minute delays

these are correct because "caused by" works just fine - the noun modified is "the traffic".
gmat_perfect wrote:We were late because of the rain.
I'm happy because of you.

These two examples are NOT correct.
wrong.
"we were late because of the rain" is perfectly grammatical.
it's a bit informal -- the test would likely use a passive-voice construction instead (e.g., "we were delayed by the rain"). but it is certainly not incorrect.

the second of these sentences ("i'm happy because of you") is also perfectly grammatical, although there's no sense in considering such sentences on this forum: first, it's written in the first and second person, neither of which even appears on this test, and, second, it's an extremely informal sentence. this test only uses extremely formal sentences in the third person, so it's silly to consider such informal examples (which are pretty much exclusively the domain of spoken, rather than written, language).
We were late due to rain------correct.==> because Be verb, were, needs to use due to.

i am happy due to you..........correct ==> Because be verb, am, needs due to after it.
wrong and wrong.
try replacing these with "caused by", and note the ridiculousness that results.

if you need an explanation of WHY "due to" works this way, the explanation is simple: "due" is an ADJECTIVE. adjectives have to modify NOUNS, as do past participles (such as "caused").
in these two sentences, you're trying to use an adjective ("due") to modify a clause ("we were late" / "i am happy"). this is, of course, incorrect.
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by lunarpower » Tue Sep 14, 2010 2:06 am
also, the claim that "because of" and "due to" are interchangeable -- a claim that was made somewhere on this thread, if i remember correctly -- is totally wrong.
in fact, a statement couldn't be any more wrong than this one. not only are "because of" and "due to" NOT interchangeable, but, in fact, there is NO possible construction in which both "because of" and "due to" could be used.
none.

the reason is simple: "due to" must modify a noun, while "because of" must modify a clause. in context, you're trying to modify either a noun or a clause, but not both!
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