testmagic论坛看到的一个关于“due to”和“because of”用法的解释，分享一下

CYin

This is what Manhattan GMAT's online Sentence Correction had to say about "due to" vs "because of"

"Due to" functions as an adjectival phrase and is used to modify a noun (e.g., His failure was due to his laziness). "Because of" functions as an adverbial phrase and is used to modify a verb or verb phrase (e.g., He failed because of his laziness).

"Due to" is a phrase that must describe a noun. "The fire was due to drought" is correct, but "There was a fire due to drought" is not. When describing a verb phrase, "because of" is preferable: "There was a fire because of drought."

waytous

我特地在正确句子集中验证了一下：
a在OG12及其Verbal分册中完全正确，且正确句子几乎不出现due to；
b在prep08中完全正确，同样没有出现含due to的正确句子；
c在GWD-TN-24_SC中，because of情况完全符合，due to只出现了下面这一个有问题的句子：
GWD3-Q21:

After analyzing data gathered by weather satellites, scientists report that the Earth’s northern latitudes have become about ten percent greener since 1980, due to more vigorous plant growth associated with warmer temperatures and higher levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

-- by 会员 jeffery2541 (2012/7/19 20:07:29)

我觉得最后一个例子，可以理解为“..., which is due to...”。其中which is省略。所以楼主的理论还是正确的。

清风涟漪

原来这还有区别呀，楼主好细心，谢谢分享！

jeffery2541

我特地在正确句子集中验证了一下：
a在OG12及其Verbal分册中完全正确，且正确句子几乎不出现due to；
b在prep08中完全正确，同样没有出现含due to的正确句子；
c在GWD-TN-24_SC中，because of情况完全符合，due to只出现了下面这一个有问题的句子：
GWD3-Q21:

After analyzing data gathered by weather satellites, scientists report that the Earth’s northern latitudes have become about ten percent greener since 1980, due to more vigorous plant growth associated with warmer temperatures and higher levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

jeffery2541

谢楼主~~~

doudoucc

学习了，thanks!