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  • 1due to —  Most authorities continue to accept that due is an adjective only and must always modify a noun. Thus, He was absent due to illness would be wrong. Make it either He was absent because of [or owing to] illness or recast the sentence to give due… …

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  • 2due to —    Most authorities continue to accept that due is an adjective only and must always modify a noun. Thus He was absent due to illness would be wrong. We could correct it either by writing He was absent because of [or owing to] illness or by… …

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  • 3due — /dju:/ adjective 1. owed ● a sum due from a debtor ♦ to fall/become due to be ready for payment ♦ bill due on May 1st a bill which has to be paid on May 1st ♦ balance due to us amount owed to us which should be paid 2. expected to arrive ● The… …

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  • 4due to — prep because of something ▪ The court of inquiry ruled that the crash was due to pilot error. ▪ She has been absent from work due to illness. ▪ The restaurant s success was due largely to its new manager. ▪ Attendance at the meeting was small,… …

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  • 5due — I adj. 1) (cannot stand alone) due for (due for a promotion) 2) (cannot stand alone) due to (her absence was due to illness) 3) to come, fall due (the note has fallen due) 4) due to + inf. (the train is due to arrive at ten o clock) USAGE NOTE:… …

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  • 6Mass psychogenic illness — (MPI), also called mass sociogenic illness,[1] is “the rapid spread of illness signs and symptoms affecting members of a cohesive group, originating from a nervous system disturbance involving excitation, loss or alteration of function, whereby… …

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  • 7Ian Murray — Football player infobox playername = Ian Murray fullname = Ian William Murray height = height|m=1.83 dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|3|20 cityofbirth = Edinburgh countryofbirth = Scotland currentclub = fc|Hibernian clubnumber = 6 position …

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  • 8Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group — Origin Amsterdam, Netherlands Bayamón, Puerto Rico Genres Progressive rock, psychedelic rock, jazz fusion, art rock Years active 2005–present …

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  • 10Jack Erik Kjuus — (born 1927) is a Norwegian far right politician of the former White Electoral Alliance who was convicted of racism in 1997. The party Kjuus led was an amalgation between two anti immigrant parties, Stopp innvandringen ( Stop the immigration ) and …

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