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If I remember correctly - "due to" should be changed to "owing to"??? ... modifying the verb "being visible"??? — [[User:Ched Davis|Ched]] : [[User_talk:Ched Davis| ? ]] 23:59, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm thinking maybe it should be split into 2 sentences as well. ??? — [[User:Ched Davis|Ched]] : [[User_talk:Ched Davis| ? ]] 00:00, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

:Some think it's an outdated and pedantic distinction, but I'm not one of them. The basic rule is that "due to" modifies nouns whereas "owing to" modifies verbs. In this case though the sentence is just horrible, horrible, horrible. What about something like "As Comet Lovejoy was visible from Earth during the Christmas holiday it became known as "The Great Christmas Comet of 2011", and as its appearance was announced on the 16th anniversary of the SOHO satellite's launch it was also nicknamed "The Great Birthday Comet of 2011"? [[User:Malleus Fatuorum|Malleus]] [[User_talk:Malleus_Fatuorum|Fatuorum]] 00:10, 4 January 2012 (UTC)