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by selango » Sun Oct 24, 2010 12:39 am
Parents have often attributed their children's unruly behavior to hunger or tiredness, but in blaming their children's behavior on some external factor, children are in essence excused from acknowledging that they must maintain control over their own conduct.

A. in blaming their children's bad behavior on some external factor

B. if children's bad behavior is blamed on an external factor

C. in blaming their children's bad behavior on a factor that is external

D. if some external factor is blamed as the reason for children's bad behavior

E. in blaming an external factor as the reason for children's bad behavior

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by shovan85 » Sun Oct 24, 2010 1:31 am
selango wrote:Parents have often attributed their children's unruly behavior to hunger or tiredness, but in blaming their children's behavior on some external factor, children are in essence excused from acknowledging that they must maintain control over their own conduct.

A. in blaming their children's bad behavior on some external factor

B. if children's bad behavior is blamed on an external factor

C. in blaming their children's bad behavior on a factor that is external

D. if some external factor is blamed as the reason for children's bad behavior

E. in blaming an external factor as the reason for children's bad behavior

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:( IMO A
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by clock60 » Sun Oct 24, 2010 1:39 am
vote for B
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by selango » Sun Oct 24, 2010 2:03 am
Please explain ur answers so that others can learn.
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by shovan85 » Sun Oct 24, 2010 2:11 am
selango wrote:Please explain ur answers so that others can learn.
Dude grammatically I could not find the issue. Logically the last part says about the factor that is being excused. So I thought it will be better to keep the last part near to the term "factor". Between A and E I picked A
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by limestone » Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:37 am
My approach:

No if condition here, so eliminate B and D.

Blame + the result + on + the reason

The result here is their children's bad behavior; the reason is some external factor.

So eliminate E

A and C remain.

In C, the structure a factor that is external is wordy and can be rewritten as an external factor

Moreover, some is used to refer to a particular person or thing without stating exactly which one. Thus some is more preferable.

IMO: A
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by kapur.arnav » Sun Oct 24, 2010 9:25 am
selango wrote:Parents have often attributed their children's unruly behavior to hunger or tiredness, but in blaming their children's behavior on some external factor, children are in essence excused from acknowledging that they must maintain control over their own conduct.

A. in blaming their children's bad behavior on some external factor

B. if children's bad behavior is blamed on an external factor

C. in blaming their children's bad behavior on a factor that is external

D. if some external factor is blamed as the reason for children's bad behavior

E. in blaming an external factor as the reason for children's bad behavior

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I like B... what is the OA...
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by selango » Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:34 pm
OA B
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by ansh.kumar » Sun Oct 24, 2010 9:01 pm
hi,
in A,Cand E there is a modifier problem.
"in blaming their children’s bad behavior on some external factor " is a noun modifier, must touch the appropriate noun it modifies, here it touches the children
, which is wrong,
FIGHT BETWEEN B AND D
B IS MORE CLEAR
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by vijaynaik » Sun Oct 24, 2010 9:40 pm
It's a copy of OG12th #79. Refer to that for a clear picture.
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