why doesn't "recently" fit?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hello, it’s me again. :smiley:

Below is a question from an execrise book. The answer is D and I did it right. Though I am still not quite sure why “recently” doesn’t work. Would “recently” work if there were a comma following the bracket? (Duo to the poor weather, recently, few people…) Many thanks.

[i]Due to the poor weather, ( ) few people showed up for the free concert that took place on the city grounds on the weekend.

A. recently B. normally C. entirely D. relatively [/i]

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recently
at a time that was not long ago, or that started not long ago
He has recently been promoted to Assistant Manager.
a recently published biography
Jerry lived in Cairo until quite recently.
More recently, he’s appeared in a number of British films.

  • Recently doesn’t combine with “on the weekend”, in my view.
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This would be the correct way of punctuating it:
Due to the poor weather recently, few people showed up for the free concert that took place on the city grounds on/at the weekend.

‘Recently’ can be paired with ‘at/on the weekend’ because the weather might have been poor before the weekend, so people might not turn up for the concert thinking that the same weather pattern will continue.

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Thanks Euqene2114 and Beeesneees.

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Thank you, Beees.