besides- it means both except / in addition to
preposition
1.
in addition to; apart from.
"I have no other family besides my parents"
synonyms: apart from, other than, aside from, but for, save for, not counting, excluding, not including, except, with the exception of, excepting, bar, barring, leaving aside, beyond; More
adverb
1.
in addition; as well.
"I'm capable of doing the work, and a lot more besides"
synonyms: as well, too, in addition, also, into the bargain, on top of that.
C) is wrong due to the use of "being" , which is not appropriate here.TGC wrote:
noboru wrote:
288. Except for a concert performance that the composer himself staged in 1911, Scott Joplin’s ragtime opera Treemonisha was not produced until 1972, sixty-one years after its completion.
(A) Except for a concert performance that the composer himself staged
(No Issues)
(B) Except for a concert performance with the composer himself staging it
("Staging" states a present continuous tense when we know it is a past event as stated "in 1911". Furthermore, the expression "with the..... it" is a wordy when a clear concise expression in the originalis present.)
(C) Besides a concert performance being staged by the composer himself
("Besides"means "In addition to", it changes meaning of the sentence as the sentence states that "Except for X,Y was not produced untill".
Secondly, "being" implies continuous tense where in it implies that the performance is currently being staged when the intended meaning is in PAST.
(D) Excepting a concert performance that the composer himself staged
Composer Himself => Wordy/in concise
Better: Composer staged
(E) With the exception of a concert performance with the staging done by the composer himself
staging=> present continuous when the intended meaning is in PAST.
with the staging => wordy
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Rgds,
TGC !
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