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24-May-2008, 10:27
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Current Location: Spain Native Language: Spanish Member Type: Student or Learner | |  Using "due to", "because of", "owing to"
Hi everybody!!!! I´ve a doubt with using “due to”, “owing to” and “because of”. I want to know if I can use after “due to” only a noun or if I can use a new sentence with subject and verb. For instance: I was talking with my english teacher because I wanted to change my oral exam´s date. It´s due to I have another exam at the same day. I was talking with my english teacher because I wanted to change my oral exam´s date. It´s owing to I have another exam at the same day. I was talking with my english teacher because I wanted to change my oral exam´s date. It´s because of I have another exam at the same day. Which of these senteces is correct???? Thank you very much for your help. |
24-May-2008, 10:40
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I was talking with my english teacher because I wanted to change my oral exam´s date.
It´s due to I have another exam at the same day. 
I was talking with my english teacher because I wanted to change my oral exam´s date.
It´s owing to I have another exam at the same day.
I was talking with my english teacher because I wanted to change my oral exam´s date.
It´s because of I have another exam at the same day.
Note, English is capitalized, and oral exam date doesn't require - 's. 
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24-May-2008, 10:49
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Current Location: Germany Native Language: German Member Type: Academic | | Re: Using "due to", "because of", "owing to"
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Originally Posted by okap  Hi everybody!!!!
I´ve a doubt with using “due to”, “owing to” and “because of”. I want to know if I can use after “due to” only a noun or if I can use a new sentence with subject and verb. For instance:
I was talking with my english teacher because I wanted to change my oral exam´s date. It´s due to I have another exam at the same day.
Try
(It's) because I have another exam ...
I was talking with my english teacher because I wanted to change my oral exam´s date. It´s owing to I have another exam at the same day.
Try
.... oral exam date because / since / as I have another exam ...
I was talking with my english teacher because I wanted to change my oral exam´s date. It´s because of I have another exam at the same day.
Try
... because of another exam I take at the same day.
Which of these senteces is correct????
Thank you very much for your help. | Usually the structure is: due to / because of / owing to something. 
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24-May-2008, 11:03
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Thanks for your help Soup and Snowcake. |
24-May-2008, 18:21
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Originally Posted by okap I was talking with my english teacher because I wanted to change my oral exam´s date. It´s because of I have another exam at the same day.
| I was talking with my english teacher because I wanted to change the date for my oral exam. It's because I have another exam on the same day.
(This one has been asked and answered about a million times. ) ~R |
24-May-2008, 18:31
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Originally Posted by Soup I was talking with my english teacher because I wanted to change my oral exam´s date.
It´s due to I have another exam at the same day.
I was talking with my english teacher because I wanted to change my oral exam´s date.
It´s owing to I have another exam at the same day.
I was talking with my english teacher because I wanted to change my oral exam´s date.
It´s because of I have another exam at the same day.
Note, English is capitalized, and oral exam date doesn't require - 's.
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25-May-2008, 03:00
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25-May-2008, 10:14
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Originally Posted by Soup | Thanks a bunch!  
Unfortunately, I do have a problem with your practice exercise. (I only got 62%!) For starters, I don't think "owing to" is even American English. Also, on the site it said: ""Owing to" is generally used instead of "because of" when negative news follows." My response to that is "Huh"? |
25-May-2008, 10:56
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Originally Posted by RonBee ... on the site it said: ""Owing to" is generally used instead of "because of" when negative news follows." My response to that is "Huh"? | It's like "as a consequence", which introduces bad news for someone concerned, right? |
25-May-2008, 11:33
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Originally Posted by Soup It's like "as a consequence", which introduces bad news for someone concerned, right? | Yes, but I think the test maker is way too picky. If I say "due to" instead of "owing to" when the "right" answer is "owing to" then I get it wrong. As for "as a consequence", I can see using that. But that is because my American ears have some familiarity with that. (I got their point. I just didn't agree with it.) Because I got certain questions "wrong" that doesn't mean I am going to change my opinion about what to use when. (I have often done badly on tests based on British English.)  | | |
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