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by bupbebeo » Thu Apr 29, 2010 8:25 pm
ichadaram wrote:Hi

Can anybody explain the difference between "because of" and "due to" with an example?

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Only when due to can be replaced by " be caused " it is correct then.

due to is different from because of. for example

the football match was canceled because of rain ( correct ) but the football match was canceled due to rain ( incorrect )

the football match's cancel was due to rain ( correct ) because in this case the football match's cancel was caused by rain.

Is this clear?

To recap: only when due to can be replaced by " be caused " the use of due to is correct.
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by beat_gmat_09 » Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:24 pm
ichadaram wrote:Hi

Can anybody explain the difference between "because of" and "due to" with an example?

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Because of and due to/owing to are similar in use.
because of is a two word prepositional phrase and is placed before noun/pronoun.

ex -

Due to the bad weather, the match was cancelled.
Because of the bad weather, the match was cancelled.
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by rajeshsources » Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:39 pm
ichadaram, here you go,

I agree with bupbebeo. If still you have doubt, then refer to below link where I had briefed about the same.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/noun-phrase- ... tml#248155

GOOD LUCK & Have a gr8 time..!!!

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by ichadaram » Sat May 01, 2010 9:14 am
Thanks a ton......
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