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19 Jan 2022, 23:49
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Hi valeriacastro11,
On account of means ~because of. Using a {noun + -ing} structure (the inhabitants learning) after because of/on account of is generally not a good idea.
20 Jan 2022, 07:00
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Hello valeriacastro11,
We hope this finds you well.
To answer your query, as AjiteshArun has written, "on account of" simply means "because of", so this construction is not incorrect, but it is needlessly indirect, leading to awkwardness.
We hope this helps.
All the best!
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25 Jan 2022, 13:56
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(E) is also illogical. Take another look:
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The reason was... on account of the inhabitants? First, if I begin a sentence with "the reason was" I'm about to supply a cause for something that happened. But "on account of" means "because of." At best, this is redundant.
Worse, it makes no sense. "On account of" must introduce a noun. But the inhabitants themselves aren't the reason the island is ungovernable. (What would need governance if there were no inhabitants?) It's what the inhabitants of the island do, namely that they distrust all written laws.
Notice that (D) both eliminates the redundancy and includes the word "that" to introduce a full clause as "the reason." Much clearer and more logical.
So plenty of reasons to get of (E).
I hope that helps!
08 Apr 2022, 23:44
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Hi GMATNinja, egmat,
The reason many people consider the Mediterranean island to be ungovernable <modifier, since it describes the reason -->the modifier is present tense, so shouldn't the verb be present tense (is) rather than past tense (was)> is because that the inhabitants long ago learned to distrust and neutralize all written laws.
(A) is because that the inhabitants long ago learned to distrust and neutralize
(B) is the inhabitants long ago learned distrusting and neutralizing
(C) was because of the inhabitants long ago learning to distrust and to be neutralizing
(D) is that the inhabitants long ago learned to distrust and to neutralize
(E) was on account of the inhabitants long ago learning to distrust and neutralize
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The reason many people consider the Mediterranean island to be ungovernable <modifier, since it describes the reason -->the modifier is present tense, so shouldn't the verb be present tense (is) rather than past tense (was)> is because that the inhabitants long ago learned to distrust and neutralize all written laws.
(A) is because that the inhabitants long ago learned to distrust and neutralize
(B) is the inhabitants long ago learned distrusting and neutralizing
(C) was because of the inhabitants long ago learning to distrust and to be neutralizing
(D) is that the inhabitants long ago learned to distrust and to neutralize
(E) was on account of the inhabitants long ago learning to distrust and neutralize
Please share your views
Regards
