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 此题前面有were closed to visitors for cleaning and repair，所以不用due to
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 此题前面有were closed to visitors for cleaning and repair，所以不用due to
1. "due to" in these two sentence is grammatical correct but has a logical flaw. The closure of the chamber is caused by the effect of the moisture not by the moisture itself.
Usage of "due to" from OG correct sentences:
Unlike the premiums for auto insurance,the premiums for personal property coverage are not affected by the frequencyof claims, but if the insurance company is able toprove excessive loss due to owner negligence, it may decline to renew thepolicy.
2. The rule of "antecedent ambiguity fault" is so clear and critical as other rules. In this question, we can use other rules such as parallelism, verb tense, etc to eliminate other choices. The E is the best one though probably not flawless.
1. "due to" in these two sentence is grammatical correct but has a logical flaw. The closure of the chamber is caused by the effect of the moisture not by the moisture itself.
Usage of "due to" from OG correct sentences:
Unlike the premiums for auto insurance,the premiums for personal property coverage are not affected by the frequencyof claims, but if the insurance company is able toprove excessive loss due to owner negligence, it may decline to renew thepolicy.
2. The rule of "antecedent ambiguity fault" is so clear and critical as other rules. In this question, we can use other rules such as parallelism, verb tense, etc to eliminate other choices. The E is the best one though probably not flawless.
-- by 会员 alancui (2012/1/21 22:57:00)
继续提问呢 due to的解释是：because of sth 而because的解释是1 used when you are giving the reason for something 那么您认为due to （prep）后面跟的名词就直接是原因了，而conj的because后面加的那一句都是原因对吗？可以这么理解吗？谢谢
“那么您认为due to （prep）后面跟的名词就直接是原因了，而conj的because后面加的那一句都是原因对吗？可以这么理解吗？谢谢”
对的。 可以推而广之，在GMAT里面： because of sth doing ..... due to sth doing .... based on sth doing .... reply on sth doing ..... result in sth doing .... ...... （你可以自己举一些别的例子）....
这样的表达通常都是不被接受的
要从逻辑上理解，读者看到"because of sth doing ....." 这样的句子，会有以下两种理解： 1. "because of sth" 认为doing仅仅是补充修饰sth，可以忽略 2. "because sth do ...." 以上两种理解都是justified，这样就造成了歧义。
即：如果你把"doing ..."去掉，写成"because of sth"是什么意思，对比你本来要用"because of sth doing ..."来表达的含义，如果逻辑含义改变了，那么就不行。
我编个例子吧 （我不是学经济的，要是说错了欢迎纠正）：
WRONG: The fund manager changes the portfolio because of the decreased interest rate stimulating economic growth. Are you saying that the manager looks merely at the interest rate to make the decision? ( "stimulating economic growth" is just simply what the decreased interest rate does, which he doesn't care) Or you are saying that the manager makes the decision because decreased interest rate stimulates economic growth? So here is ambiguity.
那么先前我说，"because of sth doing..."这种结构 “通常” 是错的，什么时候正确呢？看下面（费了老大半天劲编例子.....我觉得GMAT里出现这样例子的可能性不太大吧） CORRECT: The fund manager changes the portfolio because of the decreased interest rate appearing on the newspaper. 这里也是"because of sth doing...."的结构，但是区别在于，你把"appearing on the newspaper"去掉，并不会改变句子的原意。句子的逻辑意思很明确，because of the decreased interest rate.
那么现在你理解这道题的due to了吧： 1. "due to" in these two sentence is grammatical correct but has a logical flaw. The closure of the chamber is caused by the effect of the moisture not by the moisture itself.
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1. "due to" in these two sentence is grammatical correct but has a logical flaw. The closure of the chamber is caused by the effect of the moisture not by the moisture itself.
Usage of "due to" from OG correct sentences:
Unlike the premiums for auto insurance,the premiums for personal property coverage are not affected by the frequencyof claims, but if the insurance company is able toprove excessive loss due to owner negligence, it may decline to renew thepolicy.
2. The rule of "antecedent ambiguity fault" is so clear and critical as other rules. In this question, we can use other rules such as parallelism, verb tense, etc to eliminate other choices. The E is the best one though probably not flawless.
-- by 会员 alancui (2012/1/21 22:57:00)
继续提问呢 due to的解释是：because of sth 而because的解释是1 used when you are giving the reason for something 那么您认为due to （prep）后面跟的名词就直接是原因了，而conj的because后面加的那一句都是原因对吗？可以这么理解吗？谢谢
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