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Hearing loss is sometimes called a loss of intimacy because the more h Updated on: 25 Dec 2018, 02:46
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Hearing loss is sometimes called a loss of intimacy because the more hearing ability declines, the ability to pick out a voice over background noise is one of the first things to go.

(A) because the more hearing ability declines
(B) as hearing ability declines
(C) because as hearing ability declines
(D) because hearing ability declines as
(E) because when hearing abilities declines

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From the underlined part of the sentence, we can single out the error
as the usage of more before hearing ability.

Since the hearing ability is singular it is correctly followed by singular verb(declines)
Also because is used in the sentence to define purpose.

In Option C, "as" is correctly used to convey the meaning of the sentence clearly.
The other options can be eliminated because Options B & D change the meaning of the sentence,
where as option E uses plural subject 'hearing abilities' but follows it with a singular verb.
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Hello expert,

Why option b is wrong?
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VKat, answer choice B is missing the crucial link: "because." This creates two problems:

1) In the immediate context, the sentence is now saying that hearing loss is called "a loss of intimacy as hearing ability declines." Either we're calling hearing loss all of that, or we're saying that we only call hearing loss a loss of intimacy while hearing is in the process of declining, and afterward we stop calling it that. Neither of these versions makes sense.

2) Without the conjunction "because," we now have only a comma to join two independent clauses ("Hearing loss is sometimes called . . . " and "the ability . . . is one of the first things to go"). That doesn't work, just as we can't say "I like my job, it is fun."
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Option C is correct in my opinion

B lacks because
D has as in the end which makes no sense
E has singular verb with plural subject
Now A and C remains
C conveys the meaning more clearly than A

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Hearing loss is sometimes called a loss of intimacy because the more hearing ability declines, the ability to pick out a voice over background noise is one of the first things to go.

(A) because the more hearing ability declines (Not a correct form of comparison)
(B) as hearing ability declines (Changes the meaning)
(C) because as hearing ability declines (Correct)
(D) because hearing ability declines as (Sentence ends with decline as does not convey the proper meaning)
(E) because when hearing abilities declines (Abilities are plural)

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