imskpwr wrote:The J.C. Penney chain of retail stores broke with its conservative cash-and-carry policy during its 1958 reorganization for deciding to sell on credit.
during its 1958 reorganization for deciding to sell
for the decision at its 1958 reorganization to sell
when it was reorganized in 1958 for its decision to sell
in deciding during its reorganization in 1958 to sell
by deciding at its reorganization in 1958 on the selling of
Totally confused in this one.
FOR + VERBing and FOR + NOUN typically serve to tell us WHY.
The governor has been criticized FOR RAISING TAXES.
The judge has been praised FOR HIS DECISION.
In the first sentence,
raising taxes is WHY the governor
has been criticized.
In the second sentence, the judge's
decision is WHY the judge
has been praised.
But in A and B,
deciding to sell on credit and the
decision to sell on credit were not WHY the
chain of retail stores broke with its conservative cash-and-carry policy.
Rather,
deciding to sell on credit was the WAY in which the chain broke with its previous policy.
In C, the
decision to sell on credit was not WHY the chain was reorganized.
Thus, the idioms in A, B and C --
FOR deciding,
FOR the decision and
FOR its decision -- do not convey the intended meaning.
Eliminate A, B and C.
In E,
by deciding...on the selling is unidiomatic. Eliminate E.
The correct answer is
D.
IN + VERBing typically serves to express IN WHAT WAY something happened.
In D,
IN deciding correctly implies that
deciding to sell on credit was the WAY in which the chain of stores broke with its previous policy.
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