Which one is preferable ? why?

[dspgro]

Soccer helped to unite the contentious individuals in that[b[/b] a truce was proclaimed ....

a) in that
b) for

[theearlofhicks]

Well that depends on how you're going to use the sentence, but I think the proper one is in that. But what do I know, my [spam deleted] is still having a hard time with me.

[tim]

i think you're approaching sentence correction incorrectly. first, you should not assume that just because there is a split that one option has to be wrong and the other one has to be right. second, you should never ask yourself what is preferable; instead, ask yourself if there is a clear mistake in one of the options. unless you can identify a mistake based on the rules of GMAT grammar, you should keep that answer choice in play..