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Very little has the ability to grow in the Andean highlands of Peru due to the thin air, scarce water supply, and rocky terrain.
A) has the ability to grow in the Andean highlands of Peru due to
B) is able to grow in the Andean highlands of Peru caused by
C) can grow in the Andean highlands of Peru because
D) can grow in the Andean highlands of Peru due to
E) can grow in the Andean highlands of Peru because of
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
THE PROMPT
→ Because is a subordinating conjunction that must be followed by a clause (a sentence with a subject and verb).
→ Due to and because of are both prepositions that must be followed by nouns.
That said, due to modifies nouns whereas because of modifies verbs.
(If that last sentence is confusing, ignore it. I don't teach the issue this way, though I link to a post below that does so in Notes.
Instead, use "caused by.")
→ Due to is correct if you can replace the phrase with caused by. If caused by can replace due to, then due to is correct.
→ If caused by does not work, because of almost certainly will work. (I cannot think of a single exception.)
→ Because introduces clauses of reason and connects dependent clauses to main clauses.
Because and because of are heavily preferred to due to on the GMAT.
Be highly suspicious of due to.
THE OPTIONS
• has the ability to grow is a really long way to say: can grow
→ on your first pass, do not eliminate options because you believe that they are "wordy."
Style questions are decided last.
• due to is incorrect. To test the usage, replace "due to" with "caused by."
Fail.
Very little has the ability to grow caused by the thin air.
(We need a noun whose causality due to can describe.
This option, corrected: The scarcity of growing things in the highlands of Peru is due to thin air and little water.
→ in my revised version, the noun scarcity is correctly described by due to: scarcity is caused by thin air and little water.)
ELIMINATE A
• caused by is incorrect
See option A.
• is able to grow seems unnecessarily long compared to can grow.
The first error is fatal.
ELIMINATE B
• because is incorrect: it is not followed by a clause with a subject and a verb
• in fact, the sentence is incomplete.
Incomplete sentence: Very little can grow ... in Peru . . . because thin air, scarce water supply, and rocky terrain.
-- . . . because thin air, etc. do what?
-- a verb is missing, such as "together create an inhospitable environment for living organisms."
ELIMINATE C
• due to is incorrect
See option A.
ELIMINATE D
→ we know that due to does not work because caused by does not work. That scenario means that because of is virtually certain to work.
(Go check official questions. I've linked to two below. The pattern holds.)
→ because of modifies the verb can grow by explaining why very little can grow
Remember: if caused by fails, because of will probably work.
• can grow is short and clear
The answer is E.
Notes
Due to, because of, and because are tested fairly frequently.
Due to is almost always wrong. (Offhand, I cannot think of a single official question in which "due to" is part of the correct answer.)
To repeat:
Because of, a preposition, must be followed by nouns.
Because, a subordinating
conjunction, must be followed by a clause containing a subject and a verb.
If you want official question practice, try
this question, and
this question.
You can also peruse a "due to vs. because of" thread here.
COMMENTS
gauravmanu , welcome to SC Butler.
Every time I see one of these questions I am reminded of an article, here, in The Atlantic that initially made me indignant until Childish Gambino (a.k.a. Donald Glover) came out with Because the Internet—but his was the only example of because as a [faux] "preposition" that I found interesting. Or tolerable./end random aside
I am glad to to see "many paths to the waterfall" described in these answers.
Future aspirants, read the thread: you'll see a few different ways to take this SC question down.
Well done, everyone.
Project SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC2)
THE PROMPT
Quote:
• because, due to, and because of
→ Because is a subordinating conjunction that must be followed by a clause (a sentence with a subject and verb).
→ Due to and because of are both prepositions that must be followed by nouns.
That said, due to modifies nouns whereas because of modifies verbs.
(If that last sentence is confusing, ignore it. I don't teach the issue this way, though I link to a post below that does so in Notes.
Instead, use "caused by.")
→ Due to is correct if you can replace the phrase with caused by. If caused by can replace due to, then due to is correct.
→ If caused by does not work, because of almost certainly will work. (I cannot think of a single exception.)
→ Because introduces clauses of reason and connects dependent clauses to main clauses.
Because and because of are heavily preferred to due to on the GMAT.
Be highly suspicious of due to.
THE OPTIONS
Quote:
• has the ability to grow is a really long way to say: can grow
→ on your first pass, do not eliminate options because you believe that they are "wordy."
Style questions are decided last.
• due to is incorrect. To test the usage, replace "due to" with "caused by."
Fail.
Very little has the ability to grow caused by the thin air.
(We need a noun whose causality due to can describe.
This option, corrected: The scarcity of growing things in the highlands of Peru is due to thin air and little water.
→ in my revised version, the noun scarcity is correctly described by due to: scarcity is caused by thin air and little water.)
ELIMINATE A
Quote:
• caused by is incorrect
See option A.
• is able to grow seems unnecessarily long compared to can grow.
The first error is fatal.
ELIMINATE B
Quote:
• because is incorrect: it is not followed by a clause with a subject and a verb
• in fact, the sentence is incomplete.
Incomplete sentence: Very little can grow ... in Peru . . . because thin air, scarce water supply, and rocky terrain.
-- . . . because thin air, etc. do what?
-- a verb is missing, such as "together create an inhospitable environment for living organisms."
ELIMINATE C
Quote:
• due to is incorrect
See option A.
ELIMINATE D
Quote:
• because of is used correctly.
→ we know that due to does not work because caused by does not work. That scenario means that because of is virtually certain to work.
(Go check official questions. I've linked to two below. The pattern holds.)
→ because of modifies the verb can grow by explaining why very little can grow
Remember: if caused by fails, because of will probably work.
• can grow is short and clear
The answer is E.
Notes
Due to, because of, and because are tested fairly frequently.
Due to is almost always wrong. (Offhand, I cannot think of a single official question in which "due to" is part of the correct answer.)
To repeat:
Because of, a preposition, must be followed by nouns.
Because, a subordinating
conjunction, must be followed by a clause containing a subject and a verb.
If you want official question practice, try
this question, and
this question.
You can also peruse a "due to vs. because of" thread here.
COMMENTS
gauravmanu , welcome to SC Butler.
Every time I see one of these questions I am reminded of an article, here, in The Atlantic that initially made me indignant until Childish Gambino (a.k.a. Donald Glover) came out with Because the Internet—but his was the only example of because as a [faux] "preposition" that I found interesting. Or tolerable./end random aside
I am glad to to see "many paths to the waterfall" described in these answers.
Future aspirants, read the thread: you'll see a few different ways to take this SC question down.
Well done, everyone.
General Discussion
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Very little has the ability to grow in the Andean highlands of Peru due to the thin air, scarce water supply, and rocky terrain.
A) has the ability to grow in the Andean highlands of Peru due to
B) is able to grow in the Andean highlands of Peru caused by
C) can grow in the Andean highlands of Peru because
D) can grow in the Andean highlands of Peru due to
E) can grow in the Andean highlands of Peru because of
Answer is e since to explain a clause we need because , due to will not work here so a and d are ruled out
b) is wrong since its makes no sense at all as again phrase is needed before it rather than clause
in c) the problem is that we need a preposition of after because to make sense
Also the underlined part should not include very little generis
A) has the ability to grow in the Andean highlands of Peru due to
B) is able to grow in the Andean highlands of Peru caused by
C) can grow in the Andean highlands of Peru because
D) can grow in the Andean highlands of Peru due to
E) can grow in the Andean highlands of Peru because of
Answer is e since to explain a clause we need because , due to will not work here so a and d are ruled out
b) is wrong since its makes no sense at all as again phrase is needed before it rather than clause
in c) the problem is that we need a preposition of after because to make sense
Also the underlined part should not include very little generis
