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What's the difference between "to be due to" and "to be about to" ?
I'm doing an exercise in which I have to choose the correct alternative in each of the sentences that are given ; the first one is :
"The exhibition is about/due to open on 12th December."
I would choose "due to" but I'm not sure,could you help me please?
Zirp : ok,your explanation is definitely clear and you answered my question too! :)
Just to make sure I understood : could we say that "to be about to" = "to be on the point of" ?
1 Answer
- JameyLv 78 years ago
If something is due, then you are expecting it to happen, at any length of time in the future, and will have a date/time of the event. About to could refer to that aswell, but can also be referring to an unexpected situation which also has something that is about to happen
eg Wills and Kate are due to have their baby in three weeks time.
or
Kate is about to give birth after unexpectedly going into labour.
