Despite being thousands of years old, the writing of Augustine of Hipp

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Despite being thousands of years old, the writing of Augustine of Hippo has inspired and captivated countless individuals, fundamentally  because they convey the moving inner-journey  of man searching for the divine in a lucid and compelling fashion.

(A) because they convey the moving inner-journey
(B) due to the fact that it conveys the moving inner-journey
(C) because of their conveying the moving inner-journey
(D) because it conveys the moving inner-journey
(E) for the reason that it conveys the moving inner-journey

Archit3110 · Answer

IMO D: 
because it conveys the moving inner-journey

Despite being thousands of years old, the writing of Augustine of Hippo has inspired and captivated countless individuals, fundamentally  because they convey the moving inner-journey  of man searching for the divine in a lucid and compelling fashion.

(A) because they convey the moving inner-journey
(B) due to the fact that it conveys the moving inner-journey
(C) because of their conveying the moving inner-journey
(D) because it conveys the moving inner-journey
(E) for the reason that it conveys the moving inner-journey

ankaua · Answer

Despite being thousands of years old, the writing of Augustine of Hippo has inspired and captivated countless individuals, fundamentally b ecause they convey the moving inner-journey of man searching for the divine in a lucid and compelling fashion.

- pronoun agreement error: we need "it" to refer to "writing" 
 - "due to" is used to convey the reason for noun; "because of"/"because" has to be used to explain the reason for actions 
 - pronoun agreement error as in A. In addition,  because of -ING  is not idiomatic,  because of has to be followed by a noun 
  Correct 
 - "for" already means that the following clause will present the reason, so wordy and a bit redundant

exc4libur · Answer

MEANING: The writing   has inspired many, because it   conveys the journey of men searching for the divine.

Ans (D)

madgmat2019 · Answer

the writing-singular.....so it needs to be used here

(A) because  they  convey the moving inner-journey
(B)  due to the fact that  it conveys the moving inner-journey.................wordy
(C) because of  their  conveying the moving inner-journey
(D) because it conveys the moving inner-journey........CORRECT
(E)  for the reason that  it conveys the moving inner-journey..................wordy

OA:D

unraveled · Answer

Despite being thousands of years old, the writing of Augustine of Hippo has inspired and captivated countless individuals, fundamentally  because they convey the moving inner-journey  of man searching for the divine in a lucid and compelling fashion.

D is best in comparison to E and B since it is crisp and clear. All three of them are S-V error free.

(A) because they convey the moving inner-journey
(B) due to the fact that it conveys the moving inner-journey
(C) because of their conveying the moving inner-journey
(D) because it conveys the moving inner-journey
(E) for the reason that it conveys the moving inner-journey

IMO Answer D.

eakabuah · Answer

The answer is D.

The writing of Augustine of Hippo has inspired and captivated countless individuals, fundamentally because it conveys the moving inner journey of man searching for the divine in a lucid and compelling fashion.

Despite being thousands of years old, the writing of Augustine of Hippo has inspired and captivated countless individuals, fundamentally because they convey the moving inner-journey of man searching for the divine in a lucid and compelling fashion.

A is wrong because of pronoun error.  They  does not have a logical antecedent. Logical they refers to writing, which is singular, hence a singular pronoun  i  t  is appropriate.
B presents the wrong meaning of the sentence. The writing of Augustine of Hippo has inspired and captivated countless individuals, fundamentally caused by the fact that it conveys the moving inner-journey? Nope. That's a deviation of the intended meaning. In addition,  due to the fact that  is wordy.
C is wrong because of pronoun error.  Their  does not have a logical antecedent. In addition,  because of their conveying  is wrong on the GMAT.  Because of  has to be followed by a noun, pronoun, or verbing, not a noun or pronoun + verbing. This structure is unacceptable.
E is wordy and not as concise as D. for the reason that it conveys is not as concise as because it conveys. Because is preferred because it rightly provides the reason for the preceding clause.

(A) because  they  convey the moving inner-journey
(B) due to the fact that it conveys the moving inner-journey
(C) because of  their   conveying  the moving inner-journey
(D) because it conveys the moving inner-journey
(E) for the reason that it conveys the moving inner-journey

KhulanE · Answer

the writing conveys the moving inner-joy, therefore A and C is wrong.
among the answer choices B, D, and E, there is a connector problem. since it is stylistic problem, "because" is most concise among other choices. therefore B is correct answer.

chaitralirr · Answer

Despite being thousands of years old, the writing of Augustine of Hippo has inspired and captivated countless individuals, fundamentally because they convey the moving inner-journey of man searching for the divine in a lucid and compelling fashion.

Despite being thousands of years old,  dependent clause modifying The subject writing

the writing of Augustine of Hippo has inspired and captivated countless individuals,  Subject writing is singular

fundamentally because they convey the moving inner-journey of man  the use of they plural is incorrect

(A) because they convey the moving inner-journey  SV agreement incorrect  
(B) due to the fact that it conveys the moving inner-journey  the use of contrast because is appropriate instead of due to 
(C) because of their conveying the moving inner-journey  SV agreement incorrect 
(D) because it conveys the moving inner-journey  SV agreement correct 
(E) for the reason that it conveys the moving inner-journey  incorrect

IMO D

Bunuel · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

The subject of the sentence ( the writing , which is singular) does not agree with the pronoun ( they , which is plural and needs to be replaced by the singular  it ).

It is important to avoid wordy or unduly long phrases such as  due to the fact that or for the reason that  and instead use a shorter word like  because .

A. The subject of the sentence ( the writing , which is singular) does not agree with the pronoun ( they , which is plural)

B.  due to the fact that  is wordy and can be replaced by  because

C. the pronoun  their , which is plural, does not agree with the subject  the writing , which is singular; the phrase is awkward and long

D. the subject of the sentence ( the writing ) agrees with the pronoun ( it ); because is concise

E. the phrase  for the reason that  is wordy and can be replaced by the single word  because

Andrewcoleman · Answer

is there a list of words that are poor constructors that all else equal will be less right?

"for the reason that" and "due to the fact" are not superior to because in this question.

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