tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post5619944130919944679..comments2023-09-21T06:15:03.099-07:00Comments on Conjugate Visits: What Part of Speech is the "Due" in "Due To"?June Casagrandehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-65541543563732863832014-02-17T10:47:52.935-08:002014-02-17T10:47:52.935-08:00Hmmm. Not according to Merriam-Webster's, no. ...Hmmm. Not according to Merriam-Webster's, no. It's an adjective (payment due, payment is due), an adverb (due north), a noun (pay your dues) and, debatably, a preposition, as discussed above. But the dictionary never categorizes it as a conjunction. And because I can't see it doing a coordinating conjunction's job linking things like nouns (as does "or" in "dinner comes with salad or soup or dessert") and I can't see it doing a subordinating conjunction's job of introducing a whole clause (as does "if" in, "If I see him ..."), I'm not thinking of any use in which it would work as a conjunction.June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-16039158336038322602014-02-17T10:19:58.101-08:002014-02-17T10:19:58.101-08:00Couldn't this be conjunction?Couldn't this be conjunction?Guy Geauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02109392558230668816noreply@blogger.com