GWD26-Q3 求指导

sunflowerljn

Deliberately imitating the technique of Louis Armstrong, jazz singer Billie Holiday’s approach to singing was to use her voice like an instrument, in that she ranged freely over the beat, flattened out the melodic contours of tunes, and, in effect, recomposed songs to suit her range, style, and artistic sensibilities.

A.Billie Holiday’s approach to singing was to use her voice like an instrument, in that she ranged freely over the beat, flattened

B.Billie Holiday’s approach to singing was to use her voice in a similar way to how other musicians play instruments, in ranging freely over the beat, flattening

C.Billie Holiday approached singing by using her voice like other musicians played instruments, ranging freely over the beat, flattening

D.Billie Holiday used her voice in the same way that other musicians use their instruments, in that she ranged freely over the beat, flattening

E.Billie Holiday approached singing by using her voice like other musicians instruments, ranging freely over the beat, flattening.

答案是d
为什么后面那个flattening是ing形式 是做什么成分的？
麻烦牛人给我分析一下句子结构

colasama

结构：
imitating…，Louis used ...,in that(约等于since) she ranged and recomposed...

flattening做ranged的伴随状语

sunflowerljn

我明白了 那个直接当插入语去掉就行了 害我纠结了好半天
非常感谢ls解答

nysen

我记得之前有听过，in that 过于书面，很少用。

dynamiccow

对啊 OG上说的 in that 已经过时并且比较生硬 最好不要用