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Lucas Scott
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 Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 5:28 am Post subject: How do I understand "an event due to take place " |
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I have read a piece of news form BBC at http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2005/12/051214_aceh.shtml
At the end it said "But an event due to take place on Wednesday evening shows how much things have already changed in Aceh. "
I'm puzzled at the phrase "an event due to take place".
As I know, due to means because of. But if I replace "due to" with "because of", this phrase doesn't make sense. So, Please enlighten me how to explain it here.
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dabro
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| Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 7:25 am Post subject: Re: How do I understand "an event due to take place &qu |
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| Lucas Scott wrote: |
I have read a piece of news form BBC at http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2005/12/051214_aceh.shtml
At the end it said "But an event due to take place on Wednesday evening shows how much things have already changed in Aceh. "
I'm puzzled at the phrase "an event due to take place".
As I know, due to means because of. But if I replace "due to" with "take place", this phrase doesn't make sense. So, Please enlighten me how to explain it here.
--Lucas |
Due to take place = scheduled.
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Lucas Scott
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| Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 8:19 am Post subject: Re: How do I understand "an event due to take place &am |
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| dabro wrote: |
Due to take place = scheduled. |
Oh, I see. So it means " an event (which is) scheduled "
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