Discussion
Select the grammatically correct sentence:
1. Due to want of rain the wells have gone dry.
2. Because of want of rain the wells have gone dry.
3. For want of rain the wells have gone dry.
4. Owing to want of rain the wells have gone dry.
Answer: C
It is sentence 3.
For want of is the fixed idiom meaning because of a lack - for want of a nail the shoe was lost. Due to, because of and owing to all mean because of, but none of them takes want in this bare form.
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