<p>The gong, believed to have originated in Western Asia, reached China in the sixth century, where it continues to be used for a wide range of purposes, [including as] a military signal, a rhythmic accompaniment for vocal performance, and a ritual instrument.</p>
<p>A. including as
B. which include
d. including</p>
<p>why is A correct?</p>
<p>I don’t think anyone knows. It just is, one of those lame as F SAT grammar questions. I mean 23% correct? Jesus, that’s barely above what you would expect if everyone purely guessed.</p>
<p>Well I thought about it some more, I think the “for a wide range of purposes” part is there mostly to distract you, with the ‘as’ sounding a lot more correct when you ignore the aforementioned phrase, removing all the answers that don’t have ‘as’ in them, and E (the only other answer with ‘as’ in it) is obviously wrong. Idk about any formal rules that pertain to this question though.</p>
<p>Thanks for posting this i failed this question this morning. It seems pretty incorrect to me</p>
<p>It’s because the gong has to be used as the listed purposes. A gong is used as a signal, as accompaniment, and as an instrument.</p>
<p>That’s my condensed version of the explanation. Silverturtle or crazybandit could probably give a more complete explanation.</p>
<p>^Works for me.</p>