Authoritative parents

Choice A definitely is the right answer. All the modifiers are in place (...to have children who as adolescents...); comparison is fine and correctly done (Authoritative parents are more likely than permissive parents); parallelism is maintained (self-confident, high in self-esteem, and responsibly independent) and subject-verb is correct (Children ... are).

All other choices are unnecessarily wordy and have grammatical errors.

babuxavier wrote:Authoritative parents are more likely than permissive parents to have
children who as adolescents are self-confident, high in self-esteem, and
responsibly independent.

A.Authoritative parents are more likely than permissive parents to have
children who as adolescents are self-confident, high in self-esteem, and
responsibly independent.

B.Authoritative parents who are more likely than permissive parents to
have adolescent children that are self-confident, high in self-esteem, and
responsibly independent.

C.Children of authoritative parents, rather than permissive parents, are
the more likely to be self-confident, have a high self-esteem, and to be
responsibly independent as adolescents.

D.Children whose parents are authoritative rather than being permissive,
are more likely to have self-confidence, a high self-esteem, and be
responsibly independent when they are an adolescent.

E.Rather than permissive parents, the children of authoritative parents
are the more likely to have self-confidence, a high self-esteem, and to be
responsibly independent as an adolescent.

OA is A

Please help me with this

Hi,

The best way to solve such questions is to understand the question first. The Q implies that authoritative parents have children, who (these children) as adolescents are etc etc etc where as permissive parents have children who are not that self-confident, have high self-esteem and responsibly independent.
So, look for the option that supports this statement.

option B: suggests that authoritative parents are more likely to have "adolescent children" -but , thats not the point. we must compare the children's characteristics and not the likelihood of parents having adolescent children

option C: passive voice - so avoid such options . also, the more likely to be self-confident, have a high self-esteem, and to be - incorrect! responsibly independent as adolescents.

option D: suggests that parents have all those qualities . we are talking about children and not parents

option E: wrong comparison- comparing permissive parents and children of authoritative parents

therefore, A is the correct option as it conveys the correct meaning and uses the right grammar

B – Authoritative parents (who….) to have X --- no finite verb to define the main clause.
C – Children are compared to permission parents.
D – Being permissive signifies an ongoing events – not something that meaning dictates.
E – permissive parents vs children, wrong comparison similar to B

Moreover, C,D and E can be deleted for incorrect "more than" structure -- "more" should always be followed by "than".

Hope this helps !!