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The jazz band's music transcends generational barriers by attracting [#permalink] New post   31 Jul 2009, 21:32
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The jazz band's music transcends generational barriers by attracting people of all ages, with the fusing of both modern funk and Dixieland styles.

A. with the fusing of both modern funk and Dixieland styles
B. in that it fuses both modern funk and Dixieland styles
C. for it fuses both modern funk and Dixieland styles
D. when they fuse both modern funk and Dixieland styles
E. by the fusion that is of both modern funk and Dixieland styles
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Re: The jazz band's music transcends generational barriers by attracting [#permalink] New post   02 Feb 2016, 15:57
The source of this question is The Princeton Review. OA is "C". However, I am not convinced that it is right as well as other options.

From the book "In this question, you must first isolate the correct conjunction in order to properly join the two thoughts. In choice (A) using with as a conjunction creates an awkward sentence construction and results in an incomplete thought. Choice (B) uses the overly formal "in that". Choice (C), however, uses "for it", which is less formal. It also accurately indicates that the second part of the sentence is explaining the reason for the statement in the first part. You can thus eliminate choice (B). Choice (D) uses the ambiguous pronoun they, and creates an incomplete sentence by using "when" . Choice (E) is excessively awkward and somewhat garbled."

Could anyone explain why choice (C) is right?
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Re: The jazz band's music transcends generational barriers by attracting [#permalink] New post   02 Feb 2016, 18:10
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Janybek wrote:
The source of this question is The Princeton Review. OA is "C". However, I am not convinced that it is right as well as other options.

From the book "In this question, you must first isolate the correct conjunction in order to properly join the two thoughts. In choice (A) using with as a conjunction creates an awkward sentence construction and results in an incomplete thought. Choice (B) uses the overly formal "in that". Choice (C), however, uses "for it", which is less formal. It also accurately indicates that the second part of the sentence is explaining the reason for the statement in the first part. You can thus eliminate choice (B). Choice (D) uses the ambiguous pronoun they, and creates an incomplete sentence by using "when" . Choice (E) is excessively awkward and somewhat garbled."

Could anyone explain why choice (C) is right?


Halo Janybek,

Let me try to help. :)

In this sentence the word for is used in place of because. You would probably recollect that "for" and "because" are in most cases interchangeable. Let us consider option C replacing for with because:

The jazz band's music transcends generational barriers by attracting people of all ages, because it fuses both modern funk and Dixieland styles.

You would now realize that the sentence contains a main clause first and then a subordinate clause starting with because ( or rather, in the original sentence, with for)
Does the above explanation answers your query?
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Re: The jazz band's music transcends generational barriers by attracting [#permalink] New post   02 Feb 2016, 18:40
sayantanc2k, thanks for a very simple and concise explanation! This is exactly what I needed.
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Re: The jazz band's music transcends generational barriers by attracting [#permalink] New post   02 Feb 2016, 18:46
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Janybek wrote:
sayantanc2k, thanks for a very simple and concise explanation! This is exactly what I needed.


Hi Janybek,

thank you...feel free to post your queries. If you want to tag me, please add @ before my username (or from the menu above your typing pane select Mention this user tab) , rather than just typing my username. I would then get a notification and would try to help.
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Re: The jazz band's music transcends generational barriers by attracting [#permalink] New post   04 Feb 2016, 02:30
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Can you please explain the usage of "in that"
I thought "in that" also means 'because' . is it not?
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Re: The jazz band's music transcends generational barriers by attracting [#permalink] New post   04 Feb 2016, 08:34
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Can you please explain the usage of "in that"
I thought "in that" also means 'because' . is it not?


Hi tryambaks,

I shall try to help.

Instantly I could think of some of the usages of in that as follows:

X is similar to Y in that....
X is different from Y in that....

I am similar to my brother in that we both have very low patience.
I am different from my brother in that I like football, whereas he likes tennis.

There is generally a comparison using phrases such as similar to or different from, when we are trying to use in that in the sense somewhat similar to ( but not exactly) that of because.

Nonetheless in that and because are not directly interchangeable in all cases:

I did not go to school because I was sick.
I did not go to school in that I was sick... definitely wrong !

In summary:
because and in that are interchangeable, when used along with comparison phrases such as similar to and different from. In most other cases they are not interchangeable.


Does this explanation help?
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Re: The jazz band's music transcends generational barriers by attracting [#permalink] New post   04 Feb 2016, 11:34
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The jazz band's music transcends generational barriers by attracting people of all ages, with the fusing of both modern funk and Dixieland styles

a. with the fusing of both modern funk and Dixieland styles -- the fusing of is inferior to the fusion of and yet again fusion itself is inferior to the verb fuses used in C as per VAN protocol
b. in that it fuses both modern funk and Dixieland styles – ‘in that’ in this context is not a causal idiom but more of an explanatory or indicative expression that says X and Y just happen. However, we need a causal connection here.
c. for it fuses both modern funk and Dixieland styles – best choice
d. when they fuse both modern funk and Dixieland styles -- ‘they’ is plain subject –pronoun number error, as music is not plural
e. by the fusion that is of both modern funk and Dixieland styles -- fusion is inferior to the verb ‘fuses'. In addition ‘that is’ is not needed.
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