Even though it was not illegal for the bank to share its customers' personal and financial information with an outside marketing company in return for a commission on sales, the state's attorney general accused the bank of engaging in deceptive business practices by failing to honor its promise to its customers to keep records private.
(A) by failing to honor its promise to its customers to keep
(B) by its failure of honoring its promise to its customers to keep
(C) in its failing to honor its promise to its customers of keeping
(D) because of its failure in honoring its promise to its customers in keeping
(E) because of its failure to honor its promise to its customers of keeping
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Even though it was not illegal for the bank
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(A) by failing to honor its promise to its customers to keep
(B) by its failure of honoring its promise to its customers to keep
(C) in its failing to honor its promise to its customers of keeping
(D) because of its failure in honoring its promise to its customers in keeping
(E) because of its failure to honor its promise to its customers of keeping
IMO A
I think "because of" could be acceptable, but slightly changes the meaning of the sentence, suggesting that the bank's failure to honor its promise was not part of the accusation, but rather the reason for making it. Either way, "promise..in/of keeping" would rule out answer choices C and D for me.
(B) by its failure of honoring its promise to its customers to keep
(C) in its failing to honor its promise to its customers of keeping
(D) because of its failure in honoring its promise to its customers in keeping
(E) because of its failure to honor its promise to its customers of keeping
IMO A
I think "because of" could be acceptable, but slightly changes the meaning of the sentence, suggesting that the bank's failure to honor its promise was not part of the accusation, but rather the reason for making it. Either way, "promise..in/of keeping" would rule out answer choices C and D for me.
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Hi,goalevan wrote:
I think "because of" could be acceptable, but slightly changes the meaning of the sentence, suggesting that the bank's failure to honor its promise was not part of the accusation, but rather the reason for making it.
I didn't get the meaning of your above line
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I'm just pointing out a difference in meaning that "because of" can create:
The state's attorney general accused the bank of [engaging in deceptive business practices because of it's failure..]. "Because of" can modify "engaging" rather than "accused", which doesn't make sense in this sentence.
The state's attorney general accused the bank of [engaging in deceptive business practices by failing to honor..].
I hope that makes sense. Is A that the OA?
The state's attorney general accused the bank of [engaging in deceptive business practices because of it's failure..]. "Because of" can modify "engaging" rather than "accused", which doesn't make sense in this sentence.
The state's attorney general accused the bank of [engaging in deceptive business practices by failing to honor..].
I hope that makes sense. Is A that the OA?
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Yup OA is A.......goalevan wrote:I'm just pointing out a difference in meaning that "because of" can create:
The state's attorney general accused the bank of [engaging in deceptive business practices because of it's failure..]. "Because of" can modify "engaging" rather than "accused", which doesn't make sense in this sentence.
The state's attorney general accused the bank of [engaging in deceptive business practices by failing to honor..].
I hope that makes sense. Is A that the OA?