2022 · Q32
Directions: Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space with four options. Select whichever preposition or determiner you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
______ his ill health, he retired from his business.
EnglishPrepositions and Determiners
- AWith regard to
- BDue
- CAs
- DOwing to
Explanation
Owing to means because of and correctly introduces the reason for his retirement, giving owing to his ill health. Due requires due to before a noun, and bare due is ungrammatical here. As would need a full clause, and with regard to means concerning rather than because of. The causal because-of sense makes owing to the right choice.