Is there any difference between "due to" and "thank to"? Thanks.:lol:
T trueheart_205 Member Joined Dec 30, 2011 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Vietnamese Home Country Vietnam Current Location Vietnam Jun 14, 2012 #1 Is there any difference between "due to" and "thank to"? Thanks.:lol:
5jj Moderator Staff member Joined Oct 14, 2010 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country Czech Republic Current Location Czech Republic Jun 14, 2012 #2 Yes. 'Due to' is acceptable, 'thank to' is not.
BrunaBC Member Joined May 18, 2012 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language Portuguese Home Country Brazil Current Location Brazil Jun 14, 2012 #3 Not even when one wants to express irony? for example: Thanks to his being late, we've lost the flight.
Not even when one wants to express irony? for example: Thanks to his being late, we've lost the flight.
5jj Moderator Staff member Joined Oct 14, 2010 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country Czech Republic Current Location Czech Republic Jun 14, 2012 #4 BrunaBC said: Not even when one wants to express irony? for example: Thanks to his being late, we've lost the flight. Click to expand... I wrote, "'thank to' is not acceptable".
BrunaBC said: Not even when one wants to express irony? for example: Thanks to his being late, we've lost the flight. Click to expand... I wrote, "'thank to' is not acceptable".
S SoothingDave VIP Member Joined Apr 17, 2009 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Jun 14, 2012 #5 "Thank to" is not "thanks to." You can use "thanks to" to express sincere or ironic "credit" for something. Thanks to my wife's support I have been able to win this Nobel Prize. "Due to" is emotionally neutral. You are not expressing thanks (sincere or not) to anything, you are just expressing causality. So they are not the same.
"Thank to" is not "thanks to." You can use "thanks to" to express sincere or ironic "credit" for something. Thanks to my wife's support I have been able to win this Nobel Prize. "Due to" is emotionally neutral. You are not expressing thanks (sincere or not) to anything, you are just expressing causality. So they are not the same.
T trueheart_205 Member Joined Dec 30, 2011 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Vietnamese Home Country Vietnam Current Location Vietnam Jun 15, 2012 #6 Thank you, SoothingDave. Now I can see the difference between "due to" and "thanks to" (not "thank to", I made a mistake). Many thanks to your kindness. Trueheart_205
Thank you, SoothingDave. Now I can see the difference between "due to" and "thanks to" (not "thank to", I made a mistake). Many thanks to your kindness. Trueheart_205