LORD CELERY: "Didn't You Notice?"

Tuesday, 8 July 2008

I just found this note posted by the front door of our Oxford office building...

Do you suppose the writer even noticed the humor here?

Janet

At 08 July, 2008 12:04 , Anonymous said...: Due to?
I'm never sure about this - should it be "owing to" or "because of"? or indeed, it might be correct!

I can never figure it out :)

It's due to/owing to/bacuse of my lack of grammatical education :)
At 08 July, 2008 12:44 , Janet said...: Noz, in the States we would generally say "because of" or "as the/a result of". The other two choices sound awkward to my ears...but so do quite a few expressions over here! ;)

Janet
At 08 July, 2008 13:18 , Lori Stewart Weidert said...: Ha! Pretty bad when the medical center closes because everyone's sick...doesn't give you a lot of faith in their services, does it?
At 09 July, 2008 09:06 , Janet said...: Gnightgirl,

You thought exactly the same thing I did. Funny, isn't it?

Janet