Stim says: European music is sophisticated because it's intelligible
The choice D says: unintelligibility and "most" sophisticated music is correlated
Since D only talks about "most sophisticated music" it can still be compatible with stim, which only refers to sophisticated music.
how can one explain this choice, mainly the difference in degree in D?
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@lschoolgo This was tough. It is a must be false...so, POE the "could be trues" and you are left with ac(D) but honestly I think a true contradiction is hard to argue for....seeming like a contradiction sure. We could use some further analysis... @Pacifico @DumbHollywoodActor @c.janson35
that's not really "the bar for sophistication" per the stim. Stim is only saying that being intelligible when independent of its original function is "a" reason for sophistication of Euro music.
That could hold true and you can still have unintelligibility correlating with "most sophisticated music" like the choice D says, and both stim and D can be compatible. Note that D is not just sophisticated music, it's "the most sophisticated music", a difference in degree.
"One reason why euro music has had strong influence, and why it's sophisticated, is because it's intelligible"
"And" separates the clause from the first one, but both "it's because it's intelligible" and "one reason" apply to both questions posed in the middle of the sentence. The comma is used to separate only these two questions.
The clause isn't independent as "why it's sophisticated" alone isn't a complete thought or sentence.
either way, this is digressing from the point of the thread and debating grammar here may likely be not much use.
one of the above posters had posted this, which is different from your or my reading of stim and still wouldn't explain away the issue in the OP with the question as according to this quote intelligibility would be a reason for Euro music's influence, which would then be a reason for its sophistication. so still "most sophisticated music" correlating with unintelligibility could be compatible with the argument in the stim.