Due to the fact that synonym
Due to the fact that synonym
due to the fact
1 due to the fact
to awake to the fact that … — осознать тот факт, что …
it lies in the fact that — дело заключается в том; что
point to the fact that — обращать внимание на то; что
2 due to the fact
3 due to the fact that
for the reason that … — так как, потому что
it is a truism that … — общеизвестно, что …
the court held that … — суд признал, что …
4 due to the fact that
5 this is due to the fact that
8 allow for the fact
due to the fact — вследствие того; что
9 it lies in the fact that
for the reason that … — так как, потому что
it is a truism that … — общеизвестно, что …
the court held that … — суд признал, что …
my submission is that … — я утверждаю, что …
10 due to
11 reasoning from this fact
12 to the effect that
for the reason that … — так как, потому что
it is a truism that … — общеизвестно, что …
the court held that … — суд признал, что …
my submission is that … — я утверждаю, что …
the odds are that … — вероятнее всего, что …
13 in the effect that
for the reason that … — так как, потому что
it is a truism that … — общеизвестно, что …
14 under the pretext of that
for the reason that … — так как, потому что
it is a truism that … — общеизвестно, что …
15 a slip of the tongue
Pickering: «What is his trade, Eliza?» Liza: «. Aint you going to call me Miss Doolittle any more?» Pickering: «I beg your pardon, Miss Doolittle. It was a slip of the tongue.» (B. Shaw, ‘Pygmalion’, act II) — Пикеринг: «А какое его настоящее дело, Элиза?» Элиза: «. А вы меня больше не будете называть мисс Дулиттл?» Пикеринг: «Прошу извинить меня, мисс Дулиттл. Я просто оговорился.»
He paused wishing he had not mentioned that fact. It was a slip of the tongue, one of the few he ever made, due to the peculiar pressure of the situation. (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Financier’, ch. XXIX) — Каупервуд оборвал свою речь, пожалев, что упомянул об этом. Последние слова нечаянно сорвались у него с языка; это случалось с ним чрезвычайно редко и сейчас объяснялось лишь исключительной трудностью момента.
17 because
I was late because the trains were not running. — Я опоздал потому, что не ходили поезда.
We stayed at home because it rained (was late). — Мы остались дома, так как шёл дождь (было поздно).
I do it because I like it. — Я это делаю, потому что мне это нравится.
due to the fact that
1 due to the fact that
for the reason that … — так как, потому что
it is a truism that … — общеизвестно, что …
the court held that … — суд признал, что …
2 due to the fact that
3 this is due to the fact that
6 due to the fact
to awake to the fact that … — осознать тот факт, что …
it lies in the fact that — дело заключается в том; что
point to the fact that — обращать внимание на то; что
7 it lies in the fact that
for the reason that … — так как, потому что
it is a truism that … — общеизвестно, что …
the court held that … — суд признал, что …
my submission is that … — я утверждаю, что …
8 allow for the fact
due to the fact — вследствие того; что
9 to the effect that
for the reason that … — так как, потому что
it is a truism that … — общеизвестно, что …
the court held that … — суд признал, что …
my submission is that … — я утверждаю, что …
the odds are that … — вероятнее всего, что …
10 in the effect that
for the reason that … — так как, потому что
it is a truism that … — общеизвестно, что …
11 due to
12 that
if I complain it is that I want you to do better in future — если я и жалуюсь, то потому, что хочу, чтобы вы поступали лучше в будущем
to state authoritatively that … — авторитетно заявить, что …
the theory prevails that … — существует теория о том, что …
it is my considered opinion that … — я твёрдо убеждён, что …
I happen to know that … — мне случайно стало известно, что …
never a month goes by that he does not write to us — не проходит и месяца, чтобы он не написал нам
for the reason that … — так как, потому что
it is a truism that … — общеизвестно, что …
the court held that … — суд признал, что …
13 reasoning from this fact
14 previously to that
foreseeingly that … — в предвидении того, что …
15 under the pretext of that
for the reason that … — так как, потому что
it is a truism that … — общеизвестно, что …
16 a slip of the tongue
Pickering: «What is his trade, Eliza?» Liza: «. Aint you going to call me Miss Doolittle any more?» Pickering: «I beg your pardon, Miss Doolittle. It was a slip of the tongue.» (B. Shaw, ‘Pygmalion’, act II) — Пикеринг: «А какое его настоящее дело, Элиза?» Элиза: «. А вы меня больше не будете называть мисс Дулиттл?» Пикеринг: «Прошу извинить меня, мисс Дулиттл. Я просто оговорился.»
He paused wishing he had not mentioned that fact. It was a slip of the tongue, one of the few he ever made, due to the peculiar pressure of the situation. (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Financier’, ch. XXIX) — Каупервуд оборвал свою речь, пожалев, что упомянул об этом. Последние слова нечаянно сорвались у него с языка; это случалось с ним чрезвычайно редко и сейчас объяснялось лишь исключительной трудностью момента.
18 because
I was late because the trains were not running. — Я опоздал потому, что не ходили поезда.
We stayed at home because it rained (was late). — Мы остались дома, так как шёл дождь (было поздно).
I do it because I like it. — Я это делаю, потому что мне это нравится.
19 благодаря
тому, что thanks to the fact that.
20 благодаря тому что
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is due to the fact that
1 An employee who maintains a position at a company despite the fact that all of his job duties have been reassigned to o
2 дело в том, что
The point (or matter, or fact) is that loads are not inputs the system is supposed to follow.
3 благодаря тому что
4 в силу того что
5 что
первое, что надо сделать — the first thing to do
хуже всего то, что … — the worst of it is that …
в предположении, что … — on the hypothesis that …
при условии, что … — under the stipulation that …
при мысли о том, что … — at the thought that …
распустить слух, что … — to give it out that …
в предвидении того, что … — foreseeingly that …
в свете того, что произошло — in the afterlight
она подумала, что я спятил — she thought I was nuts
полагали, что это неразумно — it was felt to be unwise
вероятнее всего, что … — the odds are that …
я утверждаю, что … — my submission is that …
трагедия в том, что … — the tragedy is that …
я твёрдо убеждён, что … — it is my considered opinion that …
я забыл упомянуть, что … — I had forgotten to mention that …
существует теория о том, что … — the theory prevails that …
мне случайно стало известно, что … — I happen to know that …
общеизвестно, что … — it is a truism that …
суд признал, что … — the court held that …
так как, потому что — for the reason that …
вроде; как будто; почти что — kind of
авторитетно заявить, что … — to state authoritatively that …
примите пожалуйста к сведению, что — be advised please that
он заплатил всё, что следовало — he paid all that was owing
такого типа, что — such that
при условии; допуская; что; исходя из — on the assumption of
он сказал именно то, что нужно — he said the correct thing
волчок вертится так, что вращение незаметно — the top sleeps
я почувствовал, что пол дрожит — I felt the floor trembling
настолько, что; до такой степени, что — insomuch that
если бы не то; что — only that
в том смысле; что — extent that
в том смысле; что; тем — in that
ну что ж, жалеть не стоит — that is just as well
он утверждал, что … — his contention was that …
я очень рад, что … — I am heartily glad that …
всем ясно, что … — it is evident to anyone that …
не удивительно, что … — it is small wonder that …
дать понять гостям, что пора уходить — to dish up the spurs
вы верите тому, что он говорит? — do you believe his story?
подчеркнуть тот факт, что … — to stress the point that …
такой тяжёлый, что мне не поднять — too heavy for me to lift
мотивируя тем, что … — alleging as his reason that …
было условлено, что … — it was understood that …
лично я думаю, что … — privately, I think that …
видит бог, что я память — God is my record that …
знать свой урок; знать, что надо делать — to know the drill
этот план как раз то, что нужно — that plan rings the bell
это всё, что я смогу сделать — that is the utmost I can do
я знаю, что это несправедливо — I know that it is unjust
они ответили, что … — the answer was to the effect that …
вы можете подтвердить, что … — you will bear me out that …
только что, недавно — a while ago
умение выведать всё, что случилось — to have a nose for news
разобраться в том, что произошло — to sort out what happened
прежде всего; начать с того, что; для начала — for one thing
он не понимает, что хорошо и что плохо — he has no standards
сделай это, потому что я так говорю — do it because I say so
что он ни посадит, у него всё растёт — he has green fingers
он дал понять, что хочет остаться один — it was a dismissal
6 вследствие того
они оба ушли, нет ни того ни другого — they are both gone
с целью чтобы; для того чтобы — to the end that
в свете того, что произошло — in the afterlight
в предвидении того, что … — foreseeingly that …
7 Т-150
8 благодаря тому что
9 благодаря тому что.
10 связанный
те́сно свя́занный (с тв.) — closely associated (with) / connected (with); closely related (to)
быть свя́занным с чем-л — 1) ( иметь отношение к чему-л) be related to smth, be connected / associated with smth, have to do with smth 2) ( быть вызванным чем-л) be due to smth, be caused by smth 3) ( влечь за собой) entail smth
он свя́зан с ме́стной ма́фией — he is connected with the local mafia [‘mɑː-]
э́ти явле́ния не свя́заны друг с дру́гом — these phenomena are unrelated [have nothing to do with one another]
с чем э́то свя́зано? — what is the reason for that?
э́то свя́зано с тем, что — this is due to the fact that; this has to do with the fact that; this is because
э́то свя́зано с больши́ми расхо́дами — this will entail great expense
свя́занное состоя́ние — bound state
свя́занная вла́га — bound moisture
свя́занные электро́ны — bound electrons
свя́занный углеро́д — fixed carbon
свя́занная а́кция — tied share
свя́занная ссу́да — tied loan
свя́занное словосочета́ние — set phrase, bound word combination
свя́занные мно́жества — connected sets
свя́занные ряды́ — related series
11 благодаря
Благодаря этому проблема может быть разрешена — This ensured that the problem can be solved./This makes the problem solvable.
благодаря тому что — thanks to the fact that, owing to the fact that, due to the fact that
12 благодаря тому что
13 в связи с тем, что
14 вследствие того, что
15 вызвано тем, что
16 ввиду того, что
17 островная экосистема
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island ecosystem
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due to the fact that
the1dsuniverse
Senior Member
Does saying «due to the fact that» make me sound clumsy or awkward? I thought it would make me sound more formal (like I had a wide range of vocabulary to make use of) but I’ve read in several websites that saying «due to the fact that» is wordy and clumsy. In Spanish at least, the more complex you make a text, the more knowledgeable you sound, but I don’t know if this is the same in English.
So do you think it’s okay to say «due to the fact that»? I provide context: «According to the passage, we should always keep in mind that seeking help does not make us frail in any way, shape or form; on the contrary, it makes us strong, due to the fact that we’re smart enough to realize that we have a problem that needs to be dealt with, and we ourselves cannot do it alone.»
I know I could easily say «because» rather than «due to the fact that», but I just thought that it would be more formal to use the latter (correct me if I’m wrong please).
SwissPete
Senior Member
dojibear
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Trochfa
Senior Member
I think it’s perfectly fine. Just don’t use it too much, as with any phrase, so that you give the reader variety.
sdgraham
Senior Member
Egmont
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sdgraham
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Trochfa
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the1dsuniverse
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GreenWhiteBlue
Banned
I heartily agree with Egmont, and disagree with SwissPete. You should always avoid using «due to the fact that» for two reasons: 1) it is unnecessarily wordy, and 2) you are likely to use it incorrectly (or at least, incorrectly in the view of old-fashioned prescriptive grammarians.) «Due» in its origins is an adjective; «due» should follow a form of the verb «to be», and «due to» should introduce an adjectival phrase that modifies a noun. «Due to» means «caused by»; it does not mean «because of.» Thus, you can say the delay is due to bad weather, but it would be incorrect (at least according to old-fashioned rules) to say we were delayed due to bad weather, because in the second sentence «delay» is a verb rather than a noun, and «due to bad weather» is now functioning as an adverb, which is incorrect. In your sentence, «due to the fact that we’re smart enough» is modifying «makes»; it is functioning as an adverb, and therefore is incorrect.
e2efour
Senior Member
Here come the language police!
We read in the Cambridge Grammar of the English Language:
«The prepositional usage [of due to] is, however, unquestionably well established, and this is recognised by the more empirically-based manuals. The sense of due in Due to the rain, the match was cancelled is the same as that in The delay was due to a signal failure.»
the1dsuniverse
Senior Member
GreenWhiteBlue
Banned
bennymix
Senior Member
I agree with GreenWB; it’s wordy. It’s often used by those trying to sound literate or high-brow.
the1dsuniverse
Senior Member
the1dsuniverse
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e2efour
Senior Member
All that bennymix seems to be doing is coming up with a straw example to support his argument.
I can’t imagine anyone defending such a sentence, which cries out for because.
By the way, I have not commented on due to the fact that being wordy or anything else. It’s just one of several alternatives to because (see #2).
On the other hand, due to is perfectly correct, «There never has been a grammatical ground for objection» (Merriam-Webster’s Concise Dictionary of English Usage).
Dale Texas
Senior Member
I agree that «due to» is perfectly correct.
I could be wrong, but I understood bennymix’s comment in post #14 as a cautionary one.
In certain circumstances, talking about custards not coming out right might not be the best moment to suddenly start throwing in «erudite» words.
the1dsuniverse
Senior Member
All that bennymix seems to be doing is coming up with a straw example to support his argument.
I can’t imagine anyone defending such a sentence, which cries out for because.
By the way, I have not commented on due to the fact that being wordy or anything else. It’s just one of several alternatives to because (see #2).
On the other hand, due to is perfectly correct, «There never has been a grammatical ground for objection» (Merriam-Webster’s Concise Dictionary of English Usage).
What’s a straw example?
Yes, that’s what I thought, but they’re saying it’s incorrect :/
the1dsuniverse
Senior Member
I agree that «due to» is perfectly correct.
I could be wrong, but I understood bennymix’s comment in post #14 as a cautionary one.
In certain circumstances, talking about custards not coming out right might not be the best moment to suddenly start throwing in «erudite» words.
I agree with this. I’m talking about «due to the fact» in an academic context, not a conversational one.
It would never occur to me to say to one of my friends «due to the fact that. «, I’d always go for «because» or use any other alternative. But I asked because in Spanish there’s a whole bunch of words that are never used when one is speaking, but then can sometimes be even overused when one is writing.
the1dsuniverse
Senior Member
So what would you suggest I use instead of «due to the fact that» and «because» in this sentence (the one I asked about in #1)
«According to the passage, we should always keep in mind that seeking help does not make us frail in any way, shape or form; on the contrary, it makes us strong, due to the fact that we’re smart enough to realize that we have a problem that needs to be dealt with, and we ourselves cannot do it alone.»
GreenWhiteBlue
Banned
One can say that the use of any word or phrase is «perfectly correct», until that word or phrase is used incorrectly. The argument made is not that «due to is always incorrect», but rather that due is an adjective, and so due to should follow a linking verb, and begin an adjectival phrase rather than an adverbial phrase.
Why not use «because»?
. on the contrary, it makes us strong, because we’re smart enough to realize that we have a problem that needs to be dealt with, and we ourselves cannot do it alone.
the1dsuniverse
Senior Member
One can say that the use of any word or phrase is «perfectly correct», until that word or phrase is used incorrectly. The argument made is not that «due to is always incorrect», but rather that due is an adjective, and so due to should follow a linking verb, and begin an adjectival phrase rather than an adverbial phrase.
Why not use «because»?
. on the contrary, it makes us strong, because we’re smart enough to realize that we have a problem that needs to be dealt with, and we ourselves cannot do it alone.
Yes, that would work just as well.
In that specific case, it would’ve been okay to use «due to the fact that» since it follows a linking verb (is), right? (I’m just trying to check if I actually understood what you said).
the1dsuniverse
Senior Member
GreenWhiteBlue
Banned
But that’s precisely the problem: it doesn’t follow a linking verb. Instead, it follows, and modifies, «it makes us strong», and acts as an adverb explaining why it makes us that way.
Consider these two sentences, which describe the same situation:
1) The delay of the game was due to bad weather.
2) The game was delayed due to bad weather.
Note that «due to bad weather» modifies «delay» in the first sentence, and «delayed» in the second. However, note that in the first sentence, «delay» functions as a noun, while in the second, «delay» functions as a verb. Thus, because it modifies a noun, «due to bad weather» is an adjectival phrase in the first sentence, while it serves as an adverbial phrase in the second, because it modifies a verb. Also note that in the first sentence, «due to bad weather » follows the verb «to be» (in the form of the past tense was), while there is no form of the verb «to be» or any other linking verb in the second sentence. For those reasons, and as I have noted repeatedly above, some prescriptive grammarians would consider the use of «due to» in the first sentence to be acceptable, but the use of «due to» in the very similar second sentence to be incorrect.
bennymix
Senior Member
OK. Custard is too homely for an example.
Perhaps this example from the OP does just as well.
«According to the passage, we should always keep in mind that seeking help does not make us frail in any way, shape or form; on the contrary, it makes us strong, due to the fact that we’re smart enough to realize that we have a problem that needs to be dealt with, and we ourselves cannot do it alone.»
Here too, ‘due to the fact that’ is unnecessary verbiage. Does the writer think he’s so lofty and eloquent that ‘because’ would just not work? Just because the whole sentence is complex, does that mean every constituent must be put in longer phrases, not simple words?
How about «According to the passage at hand, one would do well, at all times, to keep in mind that seeking after assistance does not make us frail in any way, shape, or form. «
As I’m typing I realize the author has already puffed up the thing almost as far as possible: ‘way, shape, or form’? Give me a break—sorry, ‘respite of considerable extent’.
All that bennymix seems to be doing is coming up with a straw example to support his argument.
I can’t imagine anyone defending such a sentence, which cries out for because.
By the way, I have not commented on due to the fact that being wordy or anything else. It’s just one of several alternatives to because (see #2).
On the other hand, due to is perfectly correct, «There never has been a grammatical ground for objection» (Merriam-Webster’s Concise Dictionary of English Usage).
the1dsuniverse
Senior Member
Consider these two sentences, which describe the same situation:
1) The delay of the game was due to bad weather.
2) The game was delayed due to bad weather.
Note that «due to bad weather» modifies «delay» in the first sentence, and «delayed» in the second. However, note that in the first sentence, «delay» functions as a noun, while in the second, «delay» functions as a verb. Thus, because it modifies a noun, «due to bad weather» is an adjectival phrase in the first sentence, while it serves as an adverbial phrase in the second, because it modifies a verb. Also note that in the first sentence, «due to bad weather » follows the verb «to be» (in the form of the past tense was), while there is no form of the verb «to be» or any other linking verb in the second sentence. For those reasons, and as I have noted repeatedly above, some prescriptive grammarians would consider the use of «due to» in the first sentence to be acceptable, but the use of «due to» in the very similar second sentence to be incorrect.
Okay you couldn’t have been any more clear, now I really do understand it, thank you so much!
the1dsuniverse
Senior Member
OK. Custard is too homely for an example.
Perhaps this example from the OP does just as well.
«According to the passage, we should always keep in mind that seeking help does not make us frail in any way, shape or form; on the contrary, it makes us strong, due to the fact that we’re smart enough to realize that we have a problem that needs to be dealt with, and we ourselves cannot do it alone.»
Here too, ‘due to the fact that’ is unnecessary verbiage. Does the writer think he’s so lofty and eloquent that ‘because’ would just not work? Just because the whole sentence is complex, does that mean every constituent must be put in longer phrases, not simple words?
How about «According to the passage at hand, one would do well, at all times, to keep in mind that seeking after assistance does not make us frail in any way, shape, or form. «
As I’m typing I realize the author has already puffed up the thing almost as far as possible: ‘way, shape, or form’? Give me a break—sorry, ‘respite of considerable extent’.
And as for your «way, shape or form» comment, I do actually hear that phrase all the time and I also see it on social media a lot.
Because и синонимы — due to, since и as
В английском языке есть несколько синонимов слова because. Есть такие, которые лучше не употреблять, например, owing to the fact that. Они многословны и звучать будут несколько напыщенно. Другие синонимы, такие как due to, since и as, нужно использовать осторожно, так как вы можете запутаться сами и запутать своих читателей или собеседников.
Due to или Because?
С этими синонимами происходит ситуация, которая часто встречается в английском: есть традиционная точка зрения, а есть революционная. Традиционный подход заключается в том, что due to следует использовать как прилагательное, следующее за глаголом to be. Пример:
Выражение due to модифицирует существительное cancellation. Это предложение немного неестественное, но оно построено в соответствии с традиционным подходом. Пуристы (люди, борющиеся за чистоту языка) считают, что нельзя сказать: The performance was cancelled due to a fire, так как в этом предложении due to является предлогом, а не прилагательным.
Но язык живой, он постоянно меняется, и в современных словарях due to уже позиционируется как предлог. С другой стороны, если вы хотите быть более современным, но в то же время не нарушать традиции, то лучше сказать:
The performance was cancelled because of a fire. (Представление было отменено из-за пожара.)
Due to имеет и другие значения
Вам не нужно полностью исключать due to из своего лексикона. У этого выражения есть еще несколько важных смыслов: payable to (причитающийся), supposed to (предположительно), thanks to (благодаря). Примеры:
Since или Because?
Слова since и because тоже могут быть синонимами.
Since you have no money, you can’t buy the house. = Because you have no money, you can’t buy the house. (Поскольку у вас нет денег, вы не можете купить этот дом.)
Однако, слово since имеет также значение «с тех пор, как»: Since we last chattered, important things have happened. (С тех пор, как мы последний раз болтали, произошли важные вещи.)
Бывает, что since можно интерпретировать двумя способами, и тогда лучше не употреблять since, в качестве синонима слова because. Например, такое двусмысленное предложение:
Since they met, she has made a different decision. (С тех пор, как они встретились, она приняла другое решение.) Since может означать «с тех пор, как они встретились» или «потому что они встретились».
Точно такая же ситуация возникает со словом as, оно также может означать because. Так что, убедитесь, что ваше предложение недвусмысленное. Если сами затрудняетесь, как у нас говорят, «глаз замылился», то можно попросить друга, чтобы взглянул на него свежим взглядом.