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How to use “(Be) due (to)” – English Grammar


you’re in London you waiting for your
bus and you see this Jew what the hell
is Jew really do or do you can pronounce
it both ways it just means it’s expected
so we could say the bus number 31 is
expected now so it’s coming now but
there are other ways of using Jew so how
do we use do too
this is a much more formal way to say
something’s expected at this time
so usually for scheduled things for
example with transport so for example my
flight is due to arrive at 7:00 my train
is due to leave or depart at 3:00 it’s
due to depart in 30 minutes
so that Jew too just means it’s expected
to do something do something at a
scheduled time not just transport
another example you could but again it’s
very formal so you probably wouldn’t say
that the show is due to begin in 10
minutes you could say that but it’s very
formal so probably she would just say
the show is going to start in 10 minutes
a more common way of using Jews for an
expected time is this if you’re pregnant
you might want to say the baby is going
to come in four months you could say I’m
June in four months
like I’m expected to give birth
so does it only mean it’s expected to
happen at a certain time no there’s
another meaning
let’s imagine it’s tennis season and
today is a big big game it’s the final
but there’s too much rain and you can’t
play so they have to cancel the match
you could say it’s cancelled because of
the weather because of the rain but you
could also say do too so it could be
it’s canceled due to the weather
due to the rain so due to another
meaning is because of but again it’s a
much more formal way of saying because
of you won’t say for example I can’t
meet you today due to the weather
your friend will think you’re crazy
you’d say I can’t meet you because of
the weather because of the rubbish rain
that’s always happening in London so
again more formal way of saying because
of due to more formal way of saying
something’s expected at a certain time
for example transport maybe you can say
due to happen at a certain time so you
want to give someone a formal reason for
something
for example if you lose your job your
boss might explain the situation using
jutsu for example for example if you
lose your job because your breath is
really awful your boss might say we had
to fire you because of due to your bad
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