1000 SC #718

[gter]

518 Most North Carolina ski resorts broadcast music onto the slopes; skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are no slopes without music.
(A) skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are
(B) because skiers can choose hard rock, soft pop, or "beautiful music," there are
(C) however, skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, "beautiful music," and
(D) although skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, and "beautiful music" slopes, there are
(E) skiers can choose among hard rock, soft pop, "beautiful music" slopes, but

Can you please explain why the answer is D instead of B?

[Nov1907]

The reason there are no slopes without music is not because the skiers can choose between the various music types being played on the slopes. What the writer is trying to convey is that although there is a choice among music types there is no way to ski while not listening to any music.

[RonPurewal]

* 'Because' is wrong, as the above poster has noted (it's not a real cause-effect relationship; the writer is emphasizing the contrast between the availability of different musical slopes and the unavailability of silent slopes, so 'although' is better).

* D also uses the different types of music as descriptors of SLOPES, rather than as nouns in themselves. This is also preferable, because it conveys the intended meaning more accurately: the skiers can choose from SLOPES with different kinds of music, not directly from different kinds of music.

[kaps.kapoor]

Hello Ron,

Could you please clear one more doubt:

If the author has to choose from some items as mentioned in the current SC problem, shouldn't we use 'OR' instead of 'AND' ?

Regards
A

[RonPurewal]

Hello Ron,

Could you please clear one more doubt:

If the author has to choose from some items as mentioned in the current SC problem, shouldn't we use 'OR' instead of 'AND' ?

Regards
A

the following are distinct constructions:

* You can choose X, Y, or Z.
vs
* You can choose among X, Y, and Z.

the former uses "or" to convey the message that you can only choose one.
"among", on the other hand, must be followed by the actual set of choices among which you're choosing. that set has all 3 choices in it, hence "and".

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