as

English translation: because

05:24 Mar 19, 2011

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Social Sciences - Government / Politics / English grammar/use of conjunction

English term or phrase: as

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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?

Thank you.

Mikhail Korolev KudoZ activity Questions: 2414 (none open) (10 closed without grading) Answers: 130
Local time: 07:50

Selected answer: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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Note added at 1 heure (2011-03-19 07:15:25 GMT)
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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
France
Local time: 06:50

Grading comment

Many thanks to everyone.
Thank you, Tony.

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3 +7

because

Tony M

5 +1

due to (activists choosing)

MedTrans&More

3 +1

when, for example, ...

Jennifer Levey

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1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

because

Tony M
France
Local time: 06:50
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Many thanks to everyone.
Thank you, Tony.

7 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

due to (activists choosing)

Explanation:
this is just another suggestion that fits with your text.

'Due to' may be more appropriate because it is a little more formal than 'because'.

You would need to use the verb in '-ing' form after:
Due to activists choosing...

Reference: http://oxforddictionaries.com/view/entry/m_en_gb0248150#m_en...

MedTrans&More
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese

18 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

when, for example, ...

Explanation:
I don't believe it means either 'because' nor plain 'when'. 'as' introduces an example of something that illustrates the idea announced at the start of the sentence.

Weakness of the legislative branch might be revealed or incorrectly assumed, as activists choose to meet with executive branch officials.
--> (paraphrasing)
Weakness of central powers might be revealed when, for example, activists meet local officials.

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 00:50
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

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