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780. The mistakes children make in learning to speak tell linguists more about how they learn language than the correct forms they use.
(A) how they learn language than
(B) how one learns language than
(C) how children learn language than do
(D) learning language than
(E) their language learning than do
OA is C.
DO we have to use a verb after than in cases like above? |
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:24 am Post subject: |
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| Yup...Do is necessary here....thats y C is better than A.. |
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:57 am Post subject: |
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Also..... pronoun "they" has to be replaced with "children" for clarity.
"they" in the original sentence brings in ambiguity as it may refer to either children or linguists. |
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| Thanks for the reply. Can you elaborate the usage of verb or 'do'' after 'than'. Is it always necessary to have a verb after than? |
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I will choose C.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:17 pm Post subject: Re: 780 |
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| vaivish wrote: | 780. The mistakes children make in learning to speak tell linguists more about how they learn language than the correct forms they use.
(A) how they learn language than
(B) how one learns language than
(C) how children learn language than do
(D) learning language than
(E) their language learning than do
OA is C.
DO we have to use a verb after than in cases like above? |
The mistakes children make in learning to speak tell linguists more about how they learn language than do the correct forms they use.
The mistakes children make in learning to speak AND the correct forms they use are parallel
and DO is necessary here to compare these two parallel structures.
I am not sure whether we have to replace THEIR with children because even tough it seems like it might create an ambiguity, it is clear that it refers children.
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