limestone wrote:Oberlin College in Ohio was a renegade institution at its 1833 founding for deciding to accept both men and women as students.
A.
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
Quickest approach:
Answer choices A and C imply that Oberlin was a renegade institution
at its founding (A) and
when it was founded (C) and thus do not convey the intended meaning of the sentence. The intended meaning is that
deciding...to accept both men and women caused Oberlin to be deemed a renegade institution. Eliminate A and C.
In B,
for is the wrong preposition. Answer choice B would need to say that Oberlin College was a renegade institution
because of its decision to accept both men and women.
In E,
deciding...on the acceptance of is unidiomatic. Eliminate E.
The correct answer is D.
Notice that D establishes the causal relationship between the action of
deciding and being a renegade institution. The sentence could be reversed:
In deciding to accept both men and women, Oberlin College was a renegade institution.
Also, notice the split between
decision (noun) and
deciding (a verb functioning as a noun). I am always skeptical of answer choices that change a verb to a noun. The -ing word in this SC is needed in order to establish the causal relationship between the action of
deciding and being a renegade institution.
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