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Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest

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Re: Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest [#permalink] New post   22 Feb 2022, 06:59
GMATNinja, can you please provide examples when it would be appropriate to use due to and because of?
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Re: Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest [#permalink] New post   28 Feb 2022, 03:22
[quote="neeshpal"]Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest rate target five times, and because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will be raised again in November.


(A) because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will

(B) with the economy’s strength continuing, analysts predicted for weeks that the target

(C) because the economy continues strong, analysts predicted for weeks that the target would

(D) due to the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target

(E) due to the fact of the economy’s continued strength, analysts predicted for weeks that the target will

in this problem, we do not need to know present perfect to choose correct answer. but present perfect is hard and basic point and is tested frequently on gmat, so, we should learn about it

I think we we have to review a good grammar book for this point. I say a sentence now. present perfect is used when we want to connect past events and present time. we need to read more in grammar book on this points. a few lines of explanation of present perfect in postings can not help
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Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest [#permalink] New post   02 Mar 2022, 06:44
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GMATNinja, can you please provide examples when it would be appropriate to use due to and because of?

Sure! The bottom line is that "due to" should only modify nouns. Here are a few examples featuring "due to" and/or "because of" to illustrate the point -- the links will take you to our explanations, so you might want to try the questions first on your own, and then read what we have to say about them.


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Re: Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest [#permalink] New post   24 Nov 2022, 22:49
I really appreciate many detailed explanations above, but I have found out one thing which nobody mentioned: the difference between "because of" and "due to"

Because of = adv => it modifies Verb & Adjective
Due to = adj (= caused by) => it modifies Noun

Based on this difference, I can easily eliminate D and choose A ("because of" modifies "to be raised")
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Re: Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest [#permalink] New post   25 Nov 2022, 04:19
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I really appreciate many detailed explanations above, but I have found out one thing which nobody mentioned: the difference between "because of" and "due to"

Because of = adv => it modifies Verb & Adjective
Due to = adj (= caused by) => it modifies Noun

Based on this difference, I can easily eliminate D and choose A ("because of" modifies "to be raised")


Hello trunghieule,

We hope this finds you well.

We would just like to confirm that your reasoning is correct here; "because of" modifies verbs and clauses, and "due to" modifies nouns.

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Re: Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest [#permalink] New post   25 Nov 2022, 05:41
eliminate b , c and e on the basis of continuing action till November So have been must be utilized

between a and d

a makes use of future tense which correctly identifies with the intended meaning
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Re: Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest [#permalink] New post   26 Jan 2023, 20:58
Isnt there also an issue of parallelism in B & D options.. continuing and raised. Doesn't find good to me, what do you think?
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Re: Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest [#permalink] New post   26 Jan 2023, 23:33
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Isnt there also an issue of parallelism in B & D options.. continuing and raised. Doesn't find good to me, what do you think?

No Jatin. Parallelism needs a parallelism "indicator" (such as and).

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With the economy’s strength continuing, analysts predicted for weeks that the target be raised again in November.

There is no parallelism "indicator" here and hence, no need for continuing and raised to be parallel.

On a separate note, it might be a good idea for you to first strengthen the basics and work on concepts. Trying to build concepts merely through solving questions, is not a very efficient strategy, in my opinion.
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Re: Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest [#permalink] New post   24 May 2023, 07:52
I was confused by this question, so I used grammar only when formulating my response. In the underlined portion, we can see the phrase 'for weeks,' which serves as a time expression, indicating that a perfect tense should be used. I'm not delving into which specific perfect tense should be employed; I'm solely focusing on the need for a perfect tense. Only options A and D contain a perfect tense, specifically the present perfect tense. Now, there is a distinction between 'because of' and 'due to' in options A & D. I attempted to replace 'due to' with 'caused by,' but it didn't make sense. Therefore, I believe option A is the correct answer.


Is my thought process correct? I usually don't attempt questions in this manner, but I just want to confirm if my logic for this question is accurate.
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Re: Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest [#permalink] New post   03 Jun 2023, 11:43
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gauravsirohi93 wrote:
I was confused by this question, so I used grammar only when formulating my response. In the underlined portion, we can see the phrase 'for weeks,' which serves as a time expression, indicating that a perfect tense should be used. I'm not delving into which specific perfect tense should be employed; I'm solely focusing on the need for a perfect tense. Only options A and D contain a perfect tense, specifically the present perfect tense. Now, there is a distinction between 'because of' and 'due to' in options A & D. I attempted to replace 'due to' with 'caused by,' but it didn't make sense. Therefore, I believe option A is the correct answer.

Is my thought process correct? I usually don't attempt questions in this manner, but I just want to confirm if my logic for this question is accurate.

Mostly!

"Due to" is definitely incorrect here, because there's no noun it could logically modify, so your explanation is spot-on for that part.

And you're right that the logic of the sentence requires the present perfect tense, but it's not true that we'd always use it when we see a phrase such as "for weeks" or "for years."

If, for instance, Tim bullied classmates and routinely shot rubber bands at puppies between 1997 and 2003, but later reformed his terrible behavior, we'd write,"Tim was a jerk for years."

But if the jerky behavior started in 2018 and was ongoing, we'd write, "Tim has been a jerk for years." So context matters.

In this case, it's pretty clear that the analysts began making the predictions in the past -- the rate raises have been going on since February -- and that these prediction were still ongoing, because the analysts were anticipating future raises in November. That's why we need the perfect tense here.

The takeaway: don't go on autopilot and assume you need the perfect tense if you see the phrase "for years." (But otherwise, excellent work!)

I hope that helps!
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