The reason that members of the Rastafarian movement regard drinking al

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The reason that members of the Rastafarian movement regard drinking alcoholic beverages as improper is  that they consider such drinking a tool used to confuse people in modern society, which they call "Babylon" .

A. that they consider such drinking a tool used to confuse people in modern society, which they call "Babylon"

B. because they consider such drinking a tool used to confuse people in modern society, which they call "Babylon"

C. that they consider such drinking a tool used to confuse people in modern society, that they call "Babylon"

D. that such drinking is considered by them to be a tool used to confuse people in modern society, which they call "Babylon"

E. that they consider such drinking a tool used to confuse people in modern society, which is called "Babylon" by them.

thelonghalloween · Answer

A tricky one 
The notable differences are:

1. That they vs because 
2. which they call vs that they call
3. they consider vs considered by them

For #2, Which they call is correct as which modifies the world just before it., 'modern society' .. Eliminate C 
For #3, 'they consider' is preferred to 'considered by them' due to active voice.. Eliminate D and also E 
For #1, 'Because' is preferred to 'that' here. this is a tricky one and the reason for preference is the subordinate clause answers the question of 'Why' which is generally the function of 'Because'

Hence B

Thoughts?

rohit8865 · Answer

thelonghalloween Pl reread the sentence as follows The reason that members of the Rastafarian movement regard drinking alcoholic beverages as improper is that they consider such drinking a tool used to confuse people in modern society, which they call "Babylon". (B) read as "the reason is because" has subtle meaning whereas (A) read as "the reason is that...." is conveyed meaning IMO Ans A

winterschool · Answer

The reason that members of the Rastafarian movement regard drinking alcoholic beverages as improper is that they consider such drinking a tool used to confuse people in modern society, which they call "Babylon".

A.  that they consider such drinking a tool used to confuse people in modern society, which they call "Babylon"   Correct

B.  because  they consider such drinking a tool used to confuse people in modern society, which they call "Babylon"  Incorrect

The reason.............is because ...................... - wrong idioms

C. that they consider such drinking a tool used to confuse people in modern society , that they  call "Babylon"  Incorrect

that should not be separate by comma

D. that such drinking is  considered by them to be a  tool used to confuse people in modern society, which they call "Babylon"  Incorrect

passive form avoidable and considered ...to be ... - wrong idioms

E. that they consider such drinking a tool used to confuse people in modern society,  which is called "Babylon" by them .  Incorrect

passive form avoidable

SodanoStefan · Answer

They consider alcohol as a phenomenon of changing the essence of man, point of view and approach to business. It is possible to declare other interests and norms

Bunuel · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

The reason that members of the Rastafarian movement regard drinking alcoholic beverages as improper is  that they consider such drinking a tool used to confuse people in modern society, which they call "Babylon" .

A. that they consider such drinking a tool used to confuse people in modern society, which they call "Babylon"

CORRECT

B. because they consider such drinking a tool used to confuse people in modern society, which they call "Babylon"

This answer choice is stylistically flawed. Using both  The reason  and  is because  in the same sentence is redundant.

What help us identify this mistake is the following Stop Sign: The reason + because

C. that they consider such drinking a tool used to confuse people in modern society, that they call "Babylon"

This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. The relative clause  which they call "Babylon"  is non-defining. Simply put, this means that even if we leave it out, the sentence can still be understood.

In non-defining relative clauses,  who/which  may not be replaced with  that .

In addition, the word  that  (when used as a relative pronoun) cannot appear after a comma. In this,  that  is different from other relative pronouns, which can follow a comma or not follow a comma (except  which , that must follow a comma).

What helps us identify this mistake is the following Stop Sign: who, which, that, whose, whom

D. that such drinking is considered by them to be a tool used to confuse people in modern society, which they call "Babylon"

While this answer choice is grammatically correct, it is stylistically flawed. Replacing the concise phrase  they consider such drinking  with the longer, wordier phrase  such drinking is considered by them to be  creates redundancy.

E. that they consider such drinking a tool used to confuse people in modern society, which is called "Babylon" by them.

While this answer choice is grammatically correct, it is stylistically flawed. Replacing the concise phrase which  they call "Babylon"  with the longer, wordier phrase  which is called "Babylon" by them  creates redundancy.

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