The phrase "due diligence" appears to imply that a certain level of diligence is "due" from the party "doing" the diligence to a second party. Whenever I encounter this term, it make me cringe, because the people using it [I review commercial appraisals] seem to be unable to speak of diligence without attaching a "due" in front.

Jul 28, 2016 · “To diligence” does not seem to have appeared as a verb before, but its relation “to diligent” has. In The Byrth of Mankynde, a book about midwifery, the 16th-century writer Thomas Raynalde said: “Be [the earth] neuer so well diligented and picked, yet always therein will remaine seeds of vnlooked for weeds” – which describes the ...

"Due diligence" originally meant "necessary diligence" or perhaps "expected diligence", and "due" expressed that a certain amount was required to satisfy a legal process: the amount of effort necessary. It's similar to saying an amount of money is due to settle a debt. Wikipedia has a reasonable introduction.

I recently used "assiduity" over "diligence" in a letter of recommendation because I wanted to emphasize the student's earnest and unremitting application, as opposed to just an ability to sit there and finish his work. To me personally, assiduous is the word that leaves less room to doubt the value of the work, while diligent seems more ...

Apr 24, 2019 · 'Do diligence' and 'due diligence' Black's Law Dictionary devotes considerable space to discussing diligence in the (non-Scottish) legal sense of an active obligation that a person must perform as part of possessing a particular status under law. This type of diligence constitutes very nearly the mirror opposite of negligence, there being ...

Jan 27, 2011 · Views of 'due to' and 'owing to' through the years. Webster's Dictionary of English Usage (1989) has an interesting but quite lengthy note on the question under its entry for "due to."

May 11, 2016 · Due diligence: I have Googled the word "surgery," and I have reviewed a couple of dozen past questions on this site related to the word "surgery." I have not found a satisfactory answer to the question which follows. I hail from the United States. I recently had occasion to consult the website of the British Parliament.

Feb 28, 2013 · MA stands for Magister Artium 'Master of Arts'. It's the most common Masters degree in the US. There is also MS, MSLS, MSI, and many more specialized degrees, but since mostly people don't understand what they mean (respectively, 'Master of Science, Master of Science in Library Science, Master of Science in Information') or what their significance is, MA …

Discussion of the website in the link is not really relevant here. (And in any case, the quality of answers and questions on Yahoo! Answers is subject of debate.) I only included the link to show my due diligence in searching the web first. –

Jul 12, 2016 · It's a stylistic choice that also emphasises that the "e" is pronounced. Think about how the word "Pokemon" looks devoid of two decades cultural osmosis. Given that "poke" is a slangy sexual term, the marketers did their due diligence and found a flashy looking way to keep the Japanese title.