Ankitaverma wrote:Oberlin College in Ohio was a renegade institution at its 1833 founding for deciding to accept both men and women as students.
(A) at its 1833 founding for deciding to accept
(B) for the decision at its 1833 founding to accept
(C) when it was founded in 1833 for its decision to accept
(D) in deciding at its founding in 1833 to accept
(E) by deciding at its founding in 1833 on the acceptance of
Q/a-d why not b
Hello!
I think this problem is mainly on preposition usage.
Many adjectives take "in" after them to answer the question "in what area it is [adjective]" or "in what way it is [adjective]" (and here it is the case):
Tom was diligent in his studies.
Mary showed herself selfish in trying to persuade Tom to leave the university and devote all his time to her.
Some adjectives can take "for" after them (to answer the question "for what" or "because of what"), but "renegade" is seemingly not among them:
Lily was tried for small theft.
George was grateful for the opportunity to be present on a real trial.
I've been trying to find some valid examples of "renegade for [noun]" in the net, but have't found any, so I think that it is probably incorrect here.
I can see that, for example, "for" would be acceptable in the sentence below, because it uses the structure "
call somebody something
for something", so "for" is used here because of "call", not because of "renegade":
We call them renegade for their tendency to take our enemies' side on every issue.
For an alternative explanation please have a look at this thread:
https://www.beatthegmat.com/oberline-col ... 06000.html
(In one of the posts somewhere in the middle Mitch pointed out other reasons for elimination in this problem)[/i]
