Owing To and Due To
I wrote this on the polyglot page in Facebook in reply to a query about which words people find confusing.
Owing to and due to are confusing. Owing to means because of. Due to is caused by. You start a sentence with Owing to. Owing to bad weather, the trains will be late. The lateness of the trains is due to bad weather.
Several times a week I visit Toastmasters Speakers' Clubs in Singapore and the UK and worldwide. I am often invited to be the Grammarian or Language Evaluator because I am a native English speaker.
I present a word of the day. Here is one I presented recently.
American - British English
automobile - car
hood of car - bonnet
cookie - biscuit
fall - autumn
cookie - biscuit
faucet - tap
pants - trousers
sidewalk - pavement
truck - lorry
trunk of automobile - boot of car
underpants - pants
British English - American
autumn - fall
biscuit - cookie
bonnet of car - hood
car - automobile
Lorry - truck
pants - underpants
pavement - roadway
tap - faucet
trousers - pants
boot of car - trunk of car
Taboo word – Actually!
*Please tap/clap
if you hear the word of the day
or the taboo
word!
LANGUAGE EVALUATION
DELIGHTS I shall listen for delightful words and phrases:
alliteration;
assonance; similes; metaphors; repetition, triads.
TIPS I shall offer free tips on:
Americanisms. British
English. Singlish. Accents and Vocabulary.
Practising Perfect
Pronunciation: l, r, s, t. Intonation and rhythm.
Good Grammar.
Tenses; present and past. Articles 'a' and 'the'.
Useful Websites
visitbritain.com
visitbritainshop.com
visitlondon.com
visitsingapore.com
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/07/flags-and-food-for-singapores-national.html
visitbritain.com
visitbritainshop.com
visitlondon.com
visitsingapore.com
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/07/flags-and-food-for-singapores-national.html
About the Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and language teacher to individuals and companies.
Angela Lansbury, the author, - not related to Angela Lansbury the actress nor any of the other dozen people named Angela Lansbury or Lansbury.
I have many more posts on Americanisms and language. I teach English and other languages. I am a polyglot. Please share links to your favourite posts.
Angela Lansbury, the author, - not related to Angela Lansbury the actress nor any of the other dozen people named Angela Lansbury or Lansbury.
I have many more posts on Americanisms and language. I teach English and other languages. I am a polyglot. Please share links to your favourite posts.
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