[Grammar] due and further

[zaedsul]

.......................to your recent instruction, I have completed my investigation into this matter. My report is as attached.
choose one answer
1) Further

2) Due
3) As a result

4) In addition
i think it is due but i am not sure

 

[SoothingDave]

You are correct.

 

[paysage57]

Hello,

Sorry I'm not the author of this thread but could someone explain why "further" would not be suitable in the sentence above?

I thought that one can use "further to" as "following"...

Thank you

Guillaume

 

[SoothingDave]

Hello,

Sorry I'm not the author of this thread but could someone explain why "further" would not be suitable in the sentence above?

I thought that one can use "further to" as "following"...

Thank you

Guillaume

It seems that "further to" is used in BrE. I would have chosen "due" as the best choice in this example, but I am not British.

I will wait to see what a British speaker says, but I suspect that the intended correct answer here was "further."

 

[bhaisahab]

I'd use "further".

 

[5jj]

I'd use "further".

So would I. 'Due to' is just not possible in my BrE opinion.

 

[konungursvia]

So would I. 'Due to' is just not possible in my BrE opinion.

Due to should indeed be avoided here, as 'due' is an adjective and must modify a noun, not a predicative clause. It's a common 'error' however these days. I prefer 1), and would accept 3).

 

[birdeen's call]

I think it is "due" but I am not sure.

Please see my corrections above.

 

[SoothingDave]

Due to should indeed be avoided here, as 'due' is an adjective and must modify a noun, not a predicative clause. It's a common 'error' however these days. I prefer 1), and would accept 3).

3 doesn't work unless you change "to" to "of."

If e.g., "Due to recent developments, we have had to cancel tonight's program" is an error, it is quite common.

 

[konungursvia]

3 doesn't work unless you change "to" to "of."

If e.g., "Due to recent developments, we have had to cancel tonight's program" is an error, it is quite common.

I don't follow your whole post, but yes, it is a common error. Try substituting "Caused by" or "Resulting from" for "Due to" and you will see that it only makes real sense with a substantive complement. They are all similar adjective phrases, and can't attach to a verb, when you think them through fully.

 

[zaedsul]

thank u so much for all the explaining written above.
it really helped me a lot
i think i will choose further as the answer