Fair dues Chris, your two examples are indeed, umm, shall we say 'very
inelegant'?
I still have to get my head round your explanation of precisely why that is
so, but without doubt they are wrong 'uns!
And since we are talking of trains, can I put in a plea for 'train station'
to be excised from our usage, forthwith. Trains stop at a _railway
[railroad]_ station, for heaven's sake.
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Chris Barker
Sent: 16 February 2004 21:38
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Film media article
It is increasingly common usage, but it is still incorrect to use due to to
describe a verb clause. A good example is:
... the lateness of the train was due to the leaves on the line ...
(OK, it's describes the noun 'lateness')
... the train was late due to leaves on the line (wrong, since it is
describing the verb clause containing 'was").
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