Sentence Correction

If Dr. Wade was right, any apparent connection of the eating of highly processed foods and excelling at sports is purely coincidental.
(A) If Dr. Wade was right, any apparent connection of the eating of
(B) Should Dr. Wade be right, any apparent connection of eating
(C) If Dr. Wade is right, any connection that is apparent between eating of
(D) If Dr. Wade is right, any apparent connection between eating
(E) Should Dr. Wade have been right, any connection apparent between eating

[spoiler]why not B? why D is correct? is the phrase "If Dr. Wade is right" correct?[/spoiler]

real2008 wrote:If Dr. Wade was right, any apparent connection of the eating of highly processed foods and excelling at sports is purely coincidental.
(A) If Dr. Wade was right, any apparent connection of the eating of
(B) Should Dr. Wade be right, any apparent connection of eating
(C) If Dr. Wade is right, any connection that is apparent between eating of
(D) If Dr. Wade is right, any apparent connection between eating
(E) Should Dr. Wade have been right, any connection apparent between eating

[spoiler]why not B? why D is correct? is the phrase "If Dr. Wade is right" correct?[/spoiler]

in a conditional sentence, use 'if' rather than 'should'
Here format is like IF <present>, THEN <present>
Also idiomatic between X and Y (both nouns here)

What is wrong with C ??

between EATING OF and excellting AT ... not PARALLEL ??


Please help to explain.


Thanks

real2008 wrote:If Dr. Wade was right, any apparent connection of the eating of highly processed foods and excelling at sports is purely coincidental.
(A) If Dr. Wade was right, any apparent connection of the eating of
(B) Should Dr. Wade be right, any apparent connection of eating
(C) If Dr. Wade is right, any connection that is apparent between eating of
(D) If Dr. Wade is right, any apparent connection between eating
(E) Should Dr. Wade have been right, any connection apparent between eating

[spoiler]why not B? why D is correct? is the phrase "If Dr. Wade is right" correct?[/spoiler]

real2008, the kind of frustrating answer that you put for others question, must be A, must be B etc without any explanation, this just doesn't deserve any explanation.....huh, now hope you realize importance of why and not who...because who kills the question importance without a discussion and many a time when some one puts a Q he already know who and mostly looks for why, but seeing nonsensical "who i.e must be A etc" just anger...

Coming why not B, there are several reason all mentioned in OG from where you have taken it. Just to repeat from there, Should Dr A be right is nonsensical, conditions are better expressed using if in formal english,

Another reason connection requires preposition between and not of, as connection is either between two points or among several(more than two points) not of two points. It is just idiomatic, nothing else, I think.

It's pretty old question but I want to confirm one thing. Both C and D are using correct tense and idioms but in C, we are lacking in parallelism.

In my first read, I thought both "the eating of highly processed food" and "excelling at sports" are parallel as complex gerund but seemingly "excelling at sports" isn't a complex gerund. My question is: Is it because of missing "the" before "excelling"?

If "no" they why?

If "yes" they why do we need to repeat -
We don't repeat articles (a,an,the) while referring to multiple items in series.
Ex: He is the most beautiful and intelligent guy I have even seen.

Can someone please explain me?

haveto wrote:It's pretty old question but I want to confirm one thing. Both C and D are using correct tense and idioms but in C, we are lacking in parallelism.

In my first read, I thought both "the eating of highly processed food" and "excelling at sports" are parallel as complex gerund but seemingly "excelling at sports" isn't a complex gerund. My question is: Is it because of missing "the" before "excelling"?

If "no" they why?

If "yes" they why do we need to repeat -
We don't repeat articles (a,an,the) while referring to multiple items in series.
Ex: He is the most beautiful and intelligent guy I have even seen.

Can someone please explain me?

I believe you want to know why C is incorrect. I can see two reasons.

First, "any connection that is apparent" is wordy. It should have been "any apparent connection". Second, "eating of highly processed foods" is unidiomatic. Correct usage would have been "eating highly processed foods".

Hope that helps...

D is the correct answer.
(B) Should Dr. Wade be right, any apparent connection of eating - Connection between A and B is the correct idiom not Connection of A and B
(C) If Dr. Wade is right, any connection that is apparent between eating of -
1, connection that is apparent is wordy
2, 'eating of highly processed foods' is not parallel with 'excelling at sports'

Hope this helps

Got it.

Thanks everyone.

rahulg83 wrote:

real2008 wrote:If Dr. Wade was right, any apparent connection of the eating of highly processed foods and excelling at sports is purely coincidental.
(A) If Dr. Wade was right, any apparent connection of the eating of
(B) Should Dr. Wade be right, any apparent connection of eating
(C) If Dr. Wade is right, any connection that is apparent between eating of
(D) If Dr. Wade is right, any apparent connection between eating
(E) Should Dr. Wade have been right, any connection apparent between eating

[spoiler]why not B? why D is correct? is the phrase "If Dr. Wade is right" correct?[/spoiler]

in a conditional sentence, use 'if' rather than 'should'
Here format is like IF <present>, THEN <present>
Also idiomatic between X and Y (both nouns here)

Hi All,

I am raising a very old thread....
Can someone teel whether using " IF 9present), then (present) " is correct??

true: If Simple Present then Simple present.
Possible & Likely - If Simple Present then Simple future.
Possible, but Unlikely - If Simple Past then Clause beginning with Would.
Hypothetical or Impossible- If Past Perfect then Clause beginning with Would

correct idiom is : connection between
like if,should also describe conditions

(A) If Dr. Wade was right, any apparent connection of the eating of
(B) Should Dr. Wade be right, any apparent connection of eating
should be is not followed by "is" present indicative verb
(C) If Dr. Wade is right, any connection that is apparent between eating of
between ids preposition , and preposition phrase should be placed closely to the word its modifying that is connection
that is apparent is wordy
(D) If Dr. Wade is right, any apparent connection between eating
(E) Should Dr. Wade have been right, any connection apparent between eating
have been tense are not used in conditional "if/should" clauses