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sicivi

Due to 和because of:

Due to means"cause by". It shoud only be used if it can be substitued with "caused by".

It doed 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.

与平时的理解不一样吧～～

rattledrum

以下是引用caojie8182在2008-8-21 23:40:00的发言：
知道了,下次注意 不过Rattleddrum,你的987注解哪里下的?我咋没找到呢? 能不能给个链接?
谢先!

CD上下的，我不保存链接的，你仔细找一下，什么都可以找到，只要用心、耐心。

rattledrum

以下是引用sicivi在2008-8-22 11:26:00的发言：

Due to 和because of:

Due to means"cause by". It shoud only be used if it can be substitued with "caused by".

It doed 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.

与平时的理解不一样吧～～

噢，有点意思。。。

lazzycat_wxh

以下是引用sicivi在2008-8-22 11:26:00的发言：

Due to 和because of:

Due to means"cause by". It shoud only be used if it can be substitued with "caused by".

It doed 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.

与平时的理解不一样吧～～

这个是og的解释？

我查得字典：

due to something
    

as a result of something. Due to computer problems, the checks cannot be mailed this week.
        Our flight was late due to the bad weather.

lazzycat_wxh

due to happening or existing as a direct result of someone or something else: the cause of death was chronic kidney failure due to diabetes

4.	due - capable of being assigned or credited to; "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading"; "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"; "the oversight was not imputable to him"

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USAGE For years people have been debating the use of due to in the sense `because of'. Purists claimed that a sentence such as the late arrival of the 10.15 train from Guildford is due to snow on the lines was correct, while the trains are running late due to snow on the lines was incorrect. Their reasoning was that as an adjective, due should modify a noun, as it does in the first sentence (the train's late arrival was due to the snow); but in the second sentence there is no specific noun that the word due can be said to modify. Few people nowadays would object strongly to the use of due in the second sentence, but if you want to avoid any possibility of this, you may find it preferable to replace it with an alternative that is not the subject of debate, such as because of.

sicivi

以下是引用lazzycat_wxh在2008-8-23 0:36:00的发言：

due to happening or existing as a direct result of someone or something else: the cause of death was chronic kidney failure due to diabetes

4.	due - capable of being assigned or credited to; "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading"; "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"; "the oversight was not imputable to him"

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USAGE For years people have been debating the use of due to in the sense `because of'. Purists claimed that a sentence such as the late arrival of the 10.15 train from Guildford is due to snow on the lines was correct, while the trains are running late due to snow on the lines was incorrect. Their reasoning was that as an adjective, due should modify a noun, as it does in the first sentence (the train's late arrival was due to the snow); but in the second sentence there is no specific noun that the word due can be said to modify. Few people nowadays would object strongly to the use of due in the second sentence, but if you want to avoid any possibility of this, you may find it preferable to replace it with an alternative that is not the subject of debate, such as because of.

嗯。就是这个意思！！GMAT好像倾向于保守的用法。

我是在讨论贴里面看来的，没留下出处。

你这个Usage的东西哪里来的，挺好的嘛！

lazzycat_wxh

我从http://www.thefreedictionary.com/这个网站查的。我现在一般都在这个上面查东西。我发现webster的解释太简单了，不能为我所需，而这个是很不错的。

sicivi

以下是引用lazzycat_wxh在2008-8-23 4:22:00的发言：
我从http://www.thefreedictionary.com/这个网站查的。我现在一般都在这个上面查东西。我发现webster的解释太简单了，不能为我所需，而这个是很不错的。

哈哈。我也是用的这个网站！里面好像主要是the Dic of American Heritage的解释，我和图书馆里的大部头对过几个词条

不过我还是希望有一本语法书参考，毕竟这个里面只有个别词汇有usage的说明

rattledrum

以下是引用caojie8182在2008-8-21 23:40:00的发言：
知道了,下次注意 不过Rattleddrum,你的987注解哪里下的?我咋没找到呢? 能不能给个链接?
谢先!

去看了一下，SC下载区就有，不知你怎么没找到

 

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rattledrum

原来PP3就是PREP - -0

一个ETS版本，老的，另一个2006年后GMAC的版本而已。。。才搞清楚