The distinction is often made between 'due to' and 'because of'. 'Due to' modified a noun, while 'because of' modified a verb. As an example, you could say 'I can't dance because of an injured ankle.', or 'My inability to dance is due to an injured ankle'. It is wrong to say 'I can't dance due to an injured ankle'.
-- by 会员 heslington (2010/2/14 5:15:08)
in a simple way, you can take "due to" as "caused by".
The reason why "due to" always cannot be accepted in GMAT is that if "due to" is placed at the beginning of a sentence/subsentence it is lead an adverbial phrase, and that many people consider "due to" is an attributive phrase so they insist the phrase couldn't introduce an adverbial phrase.
-- by 会员 aeoluseros (2010/2/15 2:23:06)
Due to means "cause by". It shoud only be used if it can be substituted with "caused by". It does not mean the same thing as "because of ",
Incorrect: The game was postponed due to rain.
Correct: The game was postponed because of rain.
Correct: The game's postponement was due to rain.
以后再遇到due to只要把它换成我们熟悉的caused by就清楚多了。
刚刚看到的一个解释,很清晰
-- by 会员 Jasonhere (2010/3/14 10:40:30)