because of; owing to and due to

[jiang]

Dear teachers,
Could you lease explain the following choices?
________ your stupidity we lost the game.
a. because of b. Due to c. Owing to
The key is 'd'--- Thanks to.
I am afraid 'a', 'b' and 'c' are confusing.

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Thank you in advance.

Jiang

[twostep]

Dear teachers,
Could you lease explain the following choices?
________ your stupidity we lost the game.
a. because of b. Due to c. Owing to
The key is 'd'--- Thanks to.
I am afraid 'a', 'b' and 'c' are confusing.

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Thank you in advance.

Jiang

I am not a teacher.
"because of" - yes
"due to" - yes
"owing to" - no

[jiang]

Thank you for your help. But the key is 'd'. That means the others are wrong. What should I do?

Jiang

Dear teachers,
Could you lease explain the following choices?
________ your stupidity we lost the game.
a. because of b. Due to c. Owing to
The key is 'd'--- Thanks to.
I am afraid 'a', 'b' and 'c' are confusing.

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Thank you in advance.

Jiang

I am not a teacher.
"because of" - yes
"due to" - yes
"owing to" - no

[welldone]

"thanks to" makes the tone of the sentence more sarcastic...
a and b are grammartically correct, though.

that's my feeling. I am not a teach either

[blacknomi]

Dear teachers,
Could you lease explain the following choices?
________ your stupidity we lost the game.
a. because of b. Due to c. Owing to
The key is 'd'--- Thanks to.
I am afraid 'a', 'b' and 'c' are confusing.

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Thank you in advance.

Jiang

According to Michael Swan,

due to and owing to both mean 'because of'. Phrases beginning due/owing to are often seperated from the rest of their sentence by a comma.

Due/Owing to the bad weather(,) the match was cancelled.
(a) is wrong, you should capitalize b.
otherwise (a) (b) (c) are alright with me.

and (d) carries ironic tone.

[Susie Smith]

Dear teachers,
Could you lease explain the following choices?
________ your stupidity we lost the game.
a. because of b. Due to c. Owing to
The key is 'd'--- Thanks to.
I am afraid 'a', 'b' and 'c' are confusing.

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Thank you in advance.

Jiang

According to Michael Swan,

due to and owing to both mean 'because of'. Phrases beginning due/owing to are often seperated from the rest of their sentence by a comma.

Due/Owing to the bad weather(,) the match was cancelled.
(a) is wrong, you should capitalize b.
otherwise (a) (b) (c) are alright with me.

and (d) carries ironic tone.

I agree with you. All four answers are possible. (d) expresses irony, as you said. :D :wink:

[Taka]

Susie, as you are an American, let me ask one thing.

I've heard that today "owing to" is not so much used in American English. Is it correct or not?

[jiang]

:)
Thank you for your help.

Best wishes,

Jiang

"thanks to" makes the tone of the sentence more sarcastic...
a and b are grammartically correct, though.

that's my feeling. I am not a teach either

[jiang]

:)
Thank you for your help.

Best wishes,

Jiang

Dear teachers,
Could you lease explain the following choices?
________ your stupidity we lost the game.
a. because of b. Due to c. Owing to
The key is 'd'--- Thanks to.
I am afraid 'a', 'b' and 'c' are confusing.

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Thank you in advance.

Jiang

According to Michael Swan,

due to and owing to both mean 'because of'. Phrases beginning due/owing to are often seperated from the rest of their sentence by a comma.

Due/Owing to the bad weather(,) the match was cancelled.
(a) is wrong, you should capitalize b.
otherwise (a) (b) (c) are alright with me.

and (d) carries ironic tone.

[blacknomi]

:)
Thank you for your help.

Best wishes,

Jiang

I'm glad to have been some of help.