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http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k33202&pageid=icb.page143936 about introductions http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/intros.htm http://homeworktips.about.com/od/paperassignments/a/introsentence.htm http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/eap/essayintrotype.htm (exercises on introductory) http://www.writingcentre.ubc.ca/workshop/toolbox.htm (Canadian university site/nice commented examples)
Sites about conjunctions and transitions http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/transitions.htm http://virtualsalt.com/transits.htm http://newton.uor.edu/facultyfolder/rider/conjunctions.htm (offers links to many exercises to test conjunctions) http://www.virtualsalt.com/conjunct.htm
Using Due To Due to means "caused by." It should be used only if it can be substituted with "caused by." It does not mean the same as "because of." Incorrect: The game was postponed due to rain. Correct: The game was postponed because of rain. Correct: The game's postponement was due to rain. The wordy expression due to the fact that should be replaced by because or since.
http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000208.htm
Thats a trap I often see writers fall into, particularly when reading scholarly works. Too often, writers want to use the more formal sounding due to when they should be using because of. According to Kelli Trungale of the University of Houston-Victoria, due to modifies nouns and often follows to be verbs (is, was, were, am, etc.). Example: My loss of appetite was due to a stomachache. In this case, due to modifies stomachache and follows the to be verb, was. Because of, on the other hand, modifies verbs. Example: I lost my appetite because of a stomachache. In this case, because of modifies the verb, lost. A good rule of thumb: use because of if you can answer the question, Why? without a complete sentence. Why did you lose your appetite? Youd answer, Because of a stomachache. So which phrase should you use? I recommend because of in most situations. Why? Look at the first example again. Notice that the only verb is was, a rather weak, to be verb. In the second example, however, lost is a verb and much stronger than a to be verb. And dont get me started on the empty phrase, due to the fact that . . . This phrase almost never adds anything to your sentence except three more words and a touch of pomposity. Thanks to Lois Edwards for suggesting this topic. http://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/agcomm/ontarget/0609/Grammar_trap.htm