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Latest post Mon, Mar 5 2007 9:01 PM by Marius Hancu. 4 replies.
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Douglas Souza  +  335047 Fri, 02 Mar 07 08:55 PM

People,

I was reading a text yesterday and I got some doubts about the word "due to". What it means? Could you give me some exemples?

Thanks a lot.
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Westlake  +  335377 Sat, 03 Mar 07 08:00 PM
 Douglas Souza wrote:

People,

I was reading a text yesterday and I got some doubts about the word "due to". What it means? Could you give me some exemples?

Thanks a lot.



Due to means "because of", but there's some difference in their usage.
example: Due to his illness, he will not come to school todaySmile [:)]
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Douglas Souza  +  336077 Mon, 05 Mar 07 08:24 PM

In the exemple below, Is it means "because of" ?

"The suit is due to be heard next Monday in a regional court in nearby Bautzen, the court said Monday."
Douglas Souza
Marius Hancu  +  336086 Mon, 05 Mar 07 09:01 PM
No: it is expected, it is scheduled/required to be heard

Go to:
http://209.161.33.50/dictionary/due
select
due [1, adjective]
and see the meaning 6 there.
Marius Hancu
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