Comments on: “Owing to” vs “Due to”

By: visitor from els

visitor from els — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:47:46 +0000

I think this difference can be distinguished easily. because I learned english subsequently, maybe I can see that difference from a different,clear perspective. as far as I learned, owing to can be used in many cases in place of due to but owing to refers to only one reason of the happening.there can be other reasons. but when you use due to, it is comletely attributed to reason that you use after it.

By: Jonathan Reynolds

Jonathan Reynolds — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:09:34 +0000

I came her looking for guidance, but didn’t find it. Instead I realised that – literally – ‘owing to’ and ‘due to’ mean the same thing, but that isn’t ‘because’. A sum of money is ‘due’, or may be ‘owing’, to the Tax Office. The Tax Office may set the tax rate, but it doesn’t cause the sum of money to exist. So how can flooding be due to heavy rain, or owing to anything?

By: Angelou Angeles

Angelou Angeles — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:36:20 +0000

Brad k., do you realize that your post quotes as an epic fail ?

By: rashid hussain abbasi

rashid hussain abbasi — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:43:23 +0000

i was realy in huge confusion but after these sensible examples i became aware the difference between owing to and due to.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:59:41 +0000

Personally, given that I did not witness the accident in question, I am happy to accept Maeve’s initial assessment that the cellphone was the significant contributing factor.

From the information given it is conceivable that the ‘accident’ was that he poked himself in the eye with his phone antenna.

I think the original post does illustrate – as a side-effect – that all language carries sub-texts, and that no matter how carefully you say something, you cannot control how other people hear it.