Comments on: Linking words http://www.english-at-home.com Learn English for free Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:10:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Disahttp://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/linking-words/#comment-57020 Disa Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:31:03 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/linking-words/#comment-57020 Very useful information indeed, I'm definatly going to learn this stuff right away. Thanks to this list, my teacher will love me for sure! Very useful information indeed, I'm definatly going to learn this stuff right away. Thanks to this list, my teacher will love me for sure!

]]> By: Daniyarhttp://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/linking-words/#comment-56936 Daniyar Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:04:32 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/linking-words/#comment-56936 I have an IELTS test coming up soon and I have been looking for list of linking words for a while. This website was really helpful and the examples are cool. Thank you so much!!! Hopefully I will get good result in writing test. I have an IELTS test coming up soon and I have been looking for list of linking words for a while. This website was really helpful and the examples are cool. Thank you so much!!! Hopefully I will get good result in writing test.

]]> By: NORDINEhttp://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/linking-words/#comment-56933 NORDINE Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:44:26 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/linking-words/#comment-56933 This is of great help for my teaching classes - many thanks. This is of great help for my teaching classes – many thanks.

]]> By: Clarehttp://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/linking-words/#comment-56510 Clare Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:56:00 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/linking-words/#comment-56510 According to my dictionary, due can be used as an adjective (= expected to happen: "The team are due to fly to Italy next month") and as a preposition, as in "due to" = because of. An example: "The crash was due to pilot error." I would imagine that whether or not you start a sentence with "due to" is a question of style, and of sentence focus - what information you want to highlight. According to my dictionary, due can be used as an adjective (= expected to happen: "The team are due to fly to Italy next month") and as a preposition, as in "due to" = because of. An example: "The crash was due to pilot error." I would imagine that whether or not you start a sentence with "due to" is a question of style, and of sentence focus – what information you want to highlight.

]]> By: Adrianhttp://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/linking-words/#comment-56507 Adrian Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:36:49 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/linking-words/#comment-56507 "Due to the rise in oil prices, the inflation rate rose by 1.25%."This is an incorrect usage of "due to," which is an adjective phrase and almost always follows a form of the verb "to be." It cannot begin a sentence, and it is not a synonym for "because of." "Due to" means "caused by." It answers what, not why. If your phrase needs to answer why, use "because of.""Due to the fact that oil prices have risen, the inflation rate has gone up by 1%25."Please, never encourage people to use "due to the fact that." Most of the time, it can be reduced to a single word: "because." "Due to the rise in oil prices, the inflation rate rose by 1.25%."

This is an incorrect usage of "due to," which is an adjective phrase and almost always follows a form of the verb "to be." It cannot begin a sentence, and it is not a synonym for "because of." "Due to" means "caused by." It answers what, not why. If your phrase needs to answer why, use "because of."

"Due to the fact that oil prices have risen, the inflation rate has gone up by 1%25."

Please, never encourage people to use "due to the fact that." Most of the time, it can be reduced to a single word: "because."

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