CursoLección 78/87

Causa formal: as a result of / due to / owing to

"To express cause formally, followed by NOUN or noun phrase."

La regla

Para expresar causa de forma formal, seguidas de SUSTANTIVO o frase nominal.

Estas tres formas equivalen a 'because of' pero suenan más formales. 'Due to' y 'owing to' son casi intercambiables. 'As a result of' enfatiza el resultado/consecuencia. Todas van seguidas de SUSTANTIVO o gerundio (-ing), nunca de clausula completa con verbo conjugado. Sí necesitas conjugar un verbo, usa 'because + clausula'.

Ejemplos

Due to bad weather, the meeting was cancelled.

Debido al mal tiempo, la reunion se cancelo.

As a result of the migration, performance improved.

Como resultado de la migracion, el rendimiento mejoro.

Owing to budget cuts, we postponed the launch.

Debido a recortes de presupuesto, pospusimos el lanzamiento.

The deploy failed due to a missing environment variable.

El despliegue fallo debido a una variable de entorno faltante.

As a result of the post-mortem, we changed our process.

Como resultado del post-mortem, cambiamos nuestro proceso.

Owing to the high traffic, the server crashed.

Debido al trafico alto, el servidor se cayo.

Casos típicos

Causa formal en informedue to + sustantivo

Due to budget cuts, ...Due to the bug, the deploy failed

Resultado/consecuencia formalas a result of + sustantivo

As a result of the migration, ...As a result of the audit, we improved security

Causa muy formal o escritaowing to + sustantivo

Owing to circumstances beyond our control, ...Owing to bad weather, the flight was delayed

Causa con clausula (verbo conjugado)because + S + V

Because the weather was bad, the meeting was cancelled

Trampas hispanohablantes

Due to it was raining, we cancelled.Due to the rain, we cancelled. / Because it was raining, we cancelled.

'Due to' va seguido de SUSTANTIVO, no de clausula. Sí quieres clausula con verbo, usa 'because'.

As a result of, we improved.As a result of the audit, we improved.

Falta el sustantivo despues de 'as a result of'. La preposicion 'of' siempre va seguida de algo.

Owing to the meeting was long, I was tired.Owing to the long meeting, I was tired. / Because the meeting was long, I was tired.

'Owing to' + sustantivo, no clausula.

Due to leave, I missed the train.Because I had to leave, I missed the train.

'Due to leave' significa 'previsto irse', no 'porque me fui'. No confundir.