The message 200311270944.06991.gt@pobox.com from Graham Trott gt@pobox.com contains these words:
On Wednesday 26 November 2003 23:22, Ben Francis wrote:
Ben Francis wrote:
Get's my vote!
PS. Stop cruelty to goats.
And inappropriate use of apostrophes.
Here's one gets my "goat":
<pedants-corner> Inappropriate use of "due to" (which means "caused by") where the user meant "owing to" (because of"). </pedants-corner>
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Hanging on your words I undepend this into your melting-pot:
You have to remember that 'due' has a lot of shades of meaning: it can mean 'should happen/arrive at this time'; owed (same root as duty); to eat; to digest; to clothe.
I think we could widen the scope of 'due to' a bit more than somewhat.
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I'll get my goat....