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mundasingh123: Legendary Member; Posts: 2330; Joined: Fri Jan 15, 2010 5:14 amFollowed by: 26 members; Thanked: 56 times

by mundasingh123 » Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:50 am

Doesnt this use of "due to " violate prescribed usage of "due to "
Texts say that the usage of due to is justified when it came be substituted with caused by

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by Target2009 » Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:37 pm

mundasingh123 wrote:Texts say that the usage of due to is justified when it came be substituted with caused by

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by Jim@Grockit » Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:56 pm

That is a strange sentence. "Due to" wouldn't be a problem if there were an actual connection between what followed it and the rest of the sentence.

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by dodgeforgmat » Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:21 pm

When I see 'Due to' in a sentence, I replace it with 'caused by' and see if the sentence makes sense. Doing so, I dont see a problem with using 'Due to' in the given sentence.

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by mundasingh123 » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:36 pm

Jim@Grockit wrote:That is a strange sentence. "Due to" wouldn't be a problem if there were an actual connection between what followed it and the rest of the sentence.

So, there is no rule that says
"due to " must be preceded by a Noun.What i mean is :
The postponement of the match was due to rain ( Right)
The match was postponed due to Rain (Wrong )
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by eastcoastrocks » Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:09 am

IMO this sentence is wrong...
If we replace "due to" with "caused by", the sentence is:

Caused by the limitations imposed by the speed of light, the visible universe is estimated to be a mere fraction of the universe.

I think "caused by" now modifies "the visible universe". This is wrong. It should modify the action - is estimated to be...

Because of should be used here since because of modifies action...

My 2 cents here...

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