21.09.2015, 10:51
His weight problem is due to overeating.
(You may use gerunds after "due to." The word "overeating" in this example is a gerund. Gerunds are similar to nouns and end in "ing.")
This woman lost her job due to the weak U.S. economy, and now she has to beg in the street for money.
(Social problems are often explained with the use of "due to."
Due to rapid global warming, many polar bears are unable to adapt to a new environment and now they are starving to death.
Their marriage ended due in large part to a lack of communication.
(Notice that "due to" is sometimes separable.)
[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0WPMh0wtTP8[/video]
(You may use gerunds after "due to." The word "overeating" in this example is a gerund. Gerunds are similar to nouns and end in "ing.")
This woman lost her job due to the weak U.S. economy, and now she has to beg in the street for money.
(Social problems are often explained with the use of "due to."
Due to rapid global warming, many polar bears are unable to adapt to a new environment and now they are starving to death.
Their marriage ended due in large part to a lack of communication.
(Notice that "due to" is sometimes separable.)
[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0WPMh0wtTP8[/video]