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by artstudent » Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:05 pm

IS this the right usage of due to?

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by garima99 » Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:16 pm

artstudent wrote:IS this the right usage of due to?

A is correct

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by VivianKerr » Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:38 am

There has definitely been some discussion on this one: https://www.beatthegmat.com/the-presiden ... 83231.html

We usually think of "due to" as meaning "caused by" so I can understand the confusion here. In a sentence like this, usually the GMAT would prefer "because of."

However, since the other answer choices change the meaning and are awkward/unclear, by POE we have to stick with A.

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by aspirant2011 » Fri Jul 22, 2011 10:09 am

VivianKerr wrote:There has definitely been some discussion on this one: https://www.beatthegmat.com/the-presiden ... 83231.html

We usually think of "due to" as meaning "caused by" so I can understand the confusion here. In a sentence like this, usually the GMAT would prefer "because of."

However, since the other answer choices change the meaning and are awkward/unclear, by POE we have to stick with A.

Hi Vivian,

whats exactly wrong with option E??????

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by VivianKerr » Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:21 am

"in that" changes the meaning completely, and is unclear.

The meaning between the clauses is that one is "due to" or "because of" the other.

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by aspirant2011 » Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:36 am

VivianKerr wrote:"in that" changes the meaning completely, and is unclear.

The meaning between the clauses is that one is "due to" or "because of" the other.

Ok..... thanks a lot Vivian

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