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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
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
02 Feb 2016, 15:57
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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?
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?
02 Feb 2016, 18:10
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Janybek
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?
