Due to the generous invitation by the host, Jeremy, along

I wouldn't say that the first part is confusing: Jeremy is not the host.
The first statement doesn' t "leave" anything "open", doesn't need to be completed in the next sentence (not sure it's clear...).

In this case what you say is correct:
"After sending the generous invitation, Jeremy" here Jeremy is the host who sent the invites.
This sentence needs a subject to be complete: Jeremy did this action.

I am no expert, but I am pretty sure that the first part is clear.

Yup is true. You are right.

Each option lacks of sub verb agreement or is ackward. A is the best, though is not a really well constructed question.....I mean: I saw better sentences

I am little confused with OA. As I know we can test "due to" by substituting it with "caused by". But here "caused by" is nonsesical so we should use "because of" instead of "due to".

"caused by" is just one of the ways to test for due to . You can eve substitute "Caused by" with "attributable to" or "resulting from". In the current sentence, IMHO, "resulting from" fits fine in place of "due to".

From eGMAT's article on the same: due-to-vs-because-of-140393.html

Use ‘due to’ only to modify nouns.
Usage of ‘due to’ is correct, if the sentence makes sense when ‘due to’ is replaced with ’caused by’.
Use ‘because of’ to modify verbs.
‘Due to’ & ‘because of’ are not interchangeable.

Hope this helps.

Hello Engr2012

Am I understand you correct: you write that this is wrong question?

No, the phrase "invitation from the host" is a noun phrase and thus usage of "due to" is correct here.

Hmm, I completely confused: in this article (due-to-vs-because-of-140393.html) that you cite I see a rule 1
"The expression ‘due to’ can only be used to modify nouns. Thus, you cannot use this expression to present reason for an action in the clause"

and in this task we have clause:
"Jeremy ... is attending the grand opening"

so according to rule 3
"The expression ‘because of’ is used to modify entire clauses. Thus, you can use this expression to present reason for an action in the clause."

we should apply "because of"

"Jeremy ... is attending the grand opening because of invitation from the host"
clause + because of + noun

Where is gap in my logic?

The confusion has arisen because of the structure of the sentence. Both ‘due to’ and ‘because of', being prepositional phrases will always be followed by a noun or noun phrase; but that does not mean that the prepositions modify that noun or noun phrase. . Therefore, let’s flip the sentence and see what modifies what.


Jeremy, along with five of his best friends, is attending the grand opening due to the generous invitation by the host
Jeremy, along with five of his best friends, is attending the grand opening because of the generous invitation by the host

It is clear now, Jeremy together with his group is attending because of a generous invitation. You can see that what lies before 'because of ' is the verb "is attending ".

The inter changeability test between ‘due to’ and ‘caused by’, is a litmus test, that should be necessarily passed to be taken as right.

If we were to rewrite this sentence using ‘due to’, perhaps the following would be the one

Jeremy’s attendance, along with five of his best friends is due the generous invitation by the host; here due to modifies the attendance.

But aside from refreshing some tenet of grammar, are we supposed to test the veracity of the non- underlined part in SC?

Thanks for the answer, daagh
I understand that we shouldn't check non-underlined part but this part struck my eye and I just wanted to check my knowledge.

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