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Can someone please help with this question? I can't understand the proper meaning for this question.

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For all its financial troubles, never has the Wall Street Journal been 19 Sep 2020, 03:03
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I am still not clear why (A) is preferred over (C)
And I would also like to know if "their" can refer to the WSJ as an aggregation of people who have in common the fact of working at WSJ
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Hi

Let me try to address your query.

The sentence attempts to bring in a contrasting perspective about the WSJ. The implied meaning is that while the publication suffers from financial troubles, its readership is at its highest despite said financial troubles. This contrast is better brought out in option (A), with the beginning "For all its financial troubles...". Option (C), by beginning with "With all its financial troubles...", ignores this contrast in the meaning. It can even be interpreted as stating that the readership is increasing because of said troubles. Therefore, option (A) is a better choice.

The sentence is talking about the financial troubles of the WSJ as a singular publication/corporate entity. Hence a singular pronoun is the correct usage and not "their". It is not the people working at WSJ who have financial troubles but WSJ itself.

Hope this clarifies.
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Please , experts can you shed some light on the meaning of " For ". Some saying that it is used as a contrast word meaning " while".But I searched for it in the dictionar. Unfortunately , i found nothing like that.
Where can I find the word "for" is a contrast word?
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For all its financial troubles, never has the Wall Street Journal been 19 Dec 2021, 23:15
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Why is "For all its financial troubles" better than "With all its financial troubles"?
What is the exact meaning being conveyed in the correct sentence.

Please explain.
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Please , experts can you shed some light on the meaning of " For ". Some saying that it is used as a contrast word meaning " while".But I searched for it in the dictionar. Unfortunately , i found nothing like that.
Where can I find the word "for" is a contrast word?
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Hi Xolmuhammad, please refer to the following:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for

Go through the following text on the above link:

6: in spite of —usually used with all
for all his large size, he moves gracefully
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AjiteshArun sir,
Why is "For all its financial troubles" better than "With all its financial troubles"?
What is the exact meaning being conveyed in the correct sentence.

Please explain.
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Hello krndatta,

We hope this finds you well.

Having gone through the question and your query, we believe we can resolve your doubt.

The core meaning here is that despite the Wall Street Journal's financial troubles, it has never been read by more people than it is at present.

Here, the preposition "For" plays the role of "Despite", providing a sense of contrast. Thus, "For all its financial troubles" is better than "With all its financial troubles" because "With" cannot convey that sense of contrast.

We hope this helps.
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AjiteshArun sir,
Why is "For all its financial troubles" better than "With all its financial troubles"?
What is the exact meaning being conveyed in the correct sentence.

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Hi krndatta,

I agree with ExpertsGlobal5's explanation. This usage of for is like despite (contrast).

Despite {something}, the Wall Street Journal {~has never been more popular}.
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this is a easy one, took less than 30 secs...
1, read the original sentence, we can tell that there is a causal relationship, so we need words like becoz, for ,since...
2, S-V agreement, DE are gone
3, considering ---journal, wrong
4, with ,wrong, BECOZ< in GMAT> ,with cannot be used to express a logical relationship, like cause, result, etc....that is why C can be easily eliminated
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