以下是引用congcongdog在2007-9-27 14:23:00的发言：这几天，总是没有搞清楚 Due to， In that 和 Because 的用法区别 是否有人可以帮帮我，看看如何准确使用的。谢谢了 quoted from vickiyan's, 关于due to与because of区别的很好解释！ 看到很多人对due to和because of的区别都不太清楚，做题的时候不能根据这两个词本身排除，还要找别的因素。其实这两个词是有很大区别的，我是看到了一个鬼佬的解释才彻底明白： 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. 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。 举例：GWD7-40 Q40: Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest rate target five times, and because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will be raised again in November. - because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will
- with the economy’s strength continuing, analysts predicted for weeks that the target
- because the economy continues strong, analysts predicted for weeks that the target would
- due to the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target
- due to the fact of the economy’s continued strength, analysts predicted for weeks that the target will
DE显然无法换成caused by，所以直接排除。当然这两个选项还有其他问题，但是用due to来排除是最快的！ 那个鬼佬对很多GMAT考点都有很多精彩的解释，是CD的一个前辈推荐的，找不到链接了，我传上来给大家看看。里面有些内容是从一个英语母语的人的角度去阐释的，这对我们缺乏母语语感的人是个很好的帮助，希望大家有时间的话仔细看看。 it really make sense.. | 
