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Pay your dues

Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 in Misused words and expressions

Due to.

Incorrectly used for through, because of, or owing to, in adverbial phrases:
“He lost the first game, due to carelessness.”

In correct use related as predicate or as modifier to a particular noun:
“This invention is due to Edison;” “losses due to preventable fires.”

From: William Strunk, Jr., The Elements of Style, 1918.

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