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Social Sciences - Government / Politics / English grammar/use of conjunction | | English term or phrase: as | Hello everyone,
Narrowly defined advocacy organizations emerge and become politically active in response to specific issues. Organizations at the evolving level of development may often present their concerns to inappropriate levels of government (local instead of national and vice versa). Weakness of the legislative branch might be revealed or incorrectly assumed, as activists choose to meet with executive branch officials instead ("where the power truly lies"). Beginnings of alternative policy analysis are found at universities and think tanks. Information sharing and networking within the NGO sector to inform and advocate its needs within the government begins to develop.
Does "as" in "as activists choose to meet with executive branch officials instead" mean since/because, or does it mean while/when?
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| | English translation:because | Explanation:
I believe the fundamental idea is that of 'since/because':
"Weakness of the legislative branch might be revealed ..., since activists choose to meet with ... instead because that is "where the power truly lies"
However, 'as' also conveys a secondary element of 'while', but much weaker here.
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Yet another clue is in the use of 'might be revealed' — if 'as' had a strictly temporal sense here, one might expect to find 'are being revealed', for example. Not a watertight case, but one more clue to add to all the others... |
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 Tony M
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Thank you, Tony.
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