| 词组 | due to the fact that |
| 释义 | due to the fact that Most of the commentators who mention this phrase condemn it as "wordy for because.'"'' There are a couple of things you should keep in mind when presented with such advice. First, remember that, being human, we tend to see wordiness as a characteristic of someone else's writing; we ourselves always use just the right number of words. • Most importantly, remember that due to the fact that is a wordy way of saying the short and simple word since— Shaw 1970 Second, it is a good idea to test the advice in a real context. Here are a few examples: • The success of the Channel 13 report was due mainly to the fact that it let both sides ... speak for themselves —Stephanie Harrington, Village Voice, 28 Feb. 1968 Would you improve this passage by changing it to "was mainly because it..." or "was mainly since it..."? • [The ship] was taxed to her capacity, due to the fact that, instead of proceeding direct to Melbourne from Bluff, she was advertised to go first to Adelaide —S. T. Colver, Paul Travers' Adventures, 1897 (in Dictionary of American English and OED Supplement) Here because, or even since, would work very nicely; but this was written before the phrase had been labeled wordy. It is also the earliest attestation for the preposition due to. • This is due to the fact that the cost of prescription drugs borders on the exorbitant —Henry Gewirtz & Saxon Graham, Trans-Action, February 1970 "This is because" is usable here (since is not). You should be aware, though, that there is a considerable amount of opinion to the effect that because should not be used to introduce a clause functioning as a noun, though because is indeed often so used. So our handbook writers, in effect, recommend a usage here that they warn you against elsewhere in the book. But enough. You can usually work your way around due to the fact that, if you want to. But you obviously cannot simply replace it with because or since in every context. Adding the fact that to due to allows the preposition to function as a conjunction; it may even come in handy sometime. |
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