Sentence Correction

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: C

they and their is not clear to whom they are reffering hence A and E out .

one in B is incorrect as they is there.

only in C they refers to childrens

pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:they and their is not clear to whom they are reffering hence A and E out .

one in B is incorrect as they is there.

only in C they refers to childrens

Also you need the 'do' at the end to get the meaning clear - the mistakes tell more than do the correct forms.

The answer of course is C.

is D out for lack of parallelism?

real2008 wrote:is D out for lack of parallelism?

D doesn't tell you who is doing the learning.

a they is ambiguous
b one cannot refer to children
c correct
d unclear from this option whose learning pattern are we talking about
e their has no clear referent


The mistakes children make in learning to speak AND the correct forms they use are parallel

DO is req to compare these two parallel structures

gmat_perfect wrote: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: C

gmat_perfect wrote: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: C

A) Pronoun reference & Comparison Error : it seems "They" in underlined portion is referring to Linguists.Incorrectly compares Process of learning (Action) to "forms".
B) Pronoun reference & Comparison Error : "One" calls for singular pronoun also same comparison error as A.
C) Presence of "Children" corrects the pronoun error and presence of "Do" corrects the comparison error.
D) Pronoun error, "they" ambiguously refers to Linguists instead of children.
E) Pronoun error: Their & They don't have clear refferant .