浅谈owing to与due to的区别

due to 和 owing to 都是“由于”的意思。一般来说,owingto 通常在句中作状语,而 due to 则常在句中作定语和表语。但是,随着语言的发展,其用法也产生了一些变化,尤其是在现代英语中。下面笔者根据自己所见,初步作些探讨。一、owing to 在句中作原因状语。例如: 1.Owing to the fact that he was tired,he stopped tohave a rest. 2.Owing to repeated failures,he was almost dis-couraged.