Comments on: “This is a customer announcement…” http://sedgemore.com/2008/05/this-is-a-customer-announcement/ physicist, journalist and science writer Wed, 16 May 2012 18:34:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Francis Sedgemore http://sedgemore.com/2008/05/this-is-a-customer-announcement/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Francis Sedgemore Sat, 03 May 2008 09:10:58 +0000 http://sedgemore.com/?p=1043#comment-210 Why oh why does Akismet insist on quarantining your comments as SPAM, Anja? "Owing to" has now fallen into almost universal disuse, and been replaced everywhere by "Due to" at the beginning of sentences. I know language changes, but it shouldn't need to evolve such that the richness disappears from it. "Due to..." is just so ugly when used to start a sentence. Why oh why does Akismet insist on quarantining your comments as SPAM, Anja?

“Owing to” has now fallen into almost universal disuse, and been replaced everywhere by “Due to” at the beginning of sentences. I know language changes, but it shouldn’t need to evolve such that the richness disappears from it. “Due to…” is just so ugly when used to start a sentence.

]]> By: Anja http://sedgemore.com/2008/05/this-is-a-customer-announcement/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Anja Fri, 02 May 2008 14:55:21 +0000 http://sedgemore.com/?p=1043#comment-200 That (the bleedin' obvious) and the use of the hideous formulation "due to." When did people start saying _that_ instead of "because"? Due to being hungry, I made myself a sandwich. And a hot beverage. That (the bleedin’ obvious) and the use of the hideous formulation “due to.” When did people start saying _that_ instead of “because”?

Due to being hungry, I made myself a sandwich. And a hot beverage.

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