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Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone.
(A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone
(B) on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone
(C) solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided
(D) while the duplication of facilities should be avoided
(E) if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided
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VeritasKarishma AjiteshArunIn choice C, "in that" is used. I have learnt in some official question that "in that" means "because", and, hence, I chose choice C.
Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoidedI still could not decipher why choice E is right and why choice C is wrong. Secondly, how choice E is an displaying "If X, then Y" condition.
Kindly share your thoughts over this question.
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thereisaFire,
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To answer your query, "in that" and "because"do not mean the same thing; “in that” is used to reflect an intrinsic property and “because” is used to indicate a cause-effect relationship.
Option C alters the meaning of the sentence through the phrase “solely in that duplicated facilities”; the construction of this phrase incorrectly implies that building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources
only because facilities that
have already been duplicated should be avoided; the intended meaning of the sentence is that building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, if
for no other reason than the fact that
the duplication of facilities should be avoided.
Further, Option E does not use the "if X then Y" construction; it uses the idiomatic construction "if only because", which means "if for no other reason". Thus, the intended meaning involves a cause-effect relationship, meaning "because" is the correct usage.
To understand the concept of "Because" vs "In That" on GMAT, you may want to watch the following video (~2 minutes):
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