"In Light Of" / "In View Of" for Evidence-Based Reasoning
5 exercises — practise reasoning from new evidence with "in light of" and "in view of".
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Which sentence correctly uses "in light of" followed by a noun phrase describing new evidence?
"In light of the latest benchmark results, we are reconsidering the caching strategy" correctly uses the fixed phrase "in light of" followed directly by the noun phrase naming the new evidence. Option B duplicates "of" and inserts an unnecessary article. Option C substitutes the wrong preposition "for". Option D scrambles the word order of the fixed phrase.
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Which sentence correctly uses "in view of" as an alternative to "in light of" in an architecture decision record?
"In view of the vendor's announced end-of-life date, we are migrating off the legacy queue this quarter" correctly uses the fixed phrase "in view of" without an article. Option B substitutes the wrong preposition "for". Option C incorrectly inserts the article "the" into the fixed phrase. Option D scrambles the word order.
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Which sentence correctly uses "in light of" with a gerund clause naming a recently discovered problem?
"In light of the pipeline having failed silently for two weeks, we are adding alerting to every stage" correctly follows "in light of" with a gerund clause ("the pipeline having failed"), which is required after this preposition. Option B incorrectly uses the finite verb "had failed". Option C drops the required "of". Option D incorrectly uses the infinitive "to fail".
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Which sentence correctly distinguishes "in light of" (reasoning from new evidence) from "on the grounds of" (justifying a decision already made) in a rejection notice?
"In light of the security audit findings, the proposal now requires an additional review step" is correct because the sentence describes a forward-looking response to newly surfaced evidence, which is exactly what "in light of" signals. Option B substitutes "on the grounds of", which is used to justify a decision, not to react to new evidence. Options C and D garble the fixed phrases.
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Which sentence correctly uses "in light of" at the end of a sentence, after the main clause, to add the evidence as an afterthought?
"We're pausing the rollout for now, in light of the unusual error spike reported overnight" correctly attaches "in light of" after a comma at the end of the sentence, followed directly by the noun phrase naming the evidence. Options B, C, and D all break up the fixed phrase or add a stray extra "of".