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ow‧ing to
formal because of something : 
Owing to a lack of funds, the project will not continue next year.Flight BA213 has been delayed owing to fog.
Owing to a lack of funds, the project will not continue next year.Flight BA213 has been delayed owing to fog.WORD CHOICE: WORD CHOICE:
owing to, due to, because of, thanks toOwing to and due to are slightly formal. They are often used in official notices and public statements • Owing to bad weather, this morning's flight will be delayed. • He is retiring due to ill health.!! Owing to and due to are prepositions (they come immediately before a noun). They are not conjunctions (they cannot connect two parts of a sentence) • I had to wait hours because the plane was delayed (NOT I had to wait hours owing to the plane was delayed). In spoken English, it is more usual to use because of than owing to or due to • All my clothes got wet because of the storm (NOT owing to the storm).Thanks to is used to explain why something good has happened • Thanks to the success of his first album, he is now a wealthy man.
WORD CHOICE: owing to, due to, because of, thanks toOwing to and due to are slightly formal. They are often used in official notices and public statements • Owing to bad weather, this morning's flight will be delayed. • He is retiring due to ill health.!! Owing to and due to are prepositions (they come immediately before a noun). They are not conjunctions (they cannot connect two parts of a sentence) • I had to wait hours because the plane was delayed (NOT I had to wait hours owing to the plane was delayed). In spoken English, it is more usual to use because of than owing to or due to • All my clothes got wet because of the storm (NOT owing to the storm).Thanks to is used to explain why something good has happened • Thanks to the success of his first album, he is now a wealthy man.
