imo E

E ?

we need something to compare to patterns of stress that girls experience. Only E fulfills this correctly with stress patterns of boys.

gmat_perfect wrote:Many teenagers undergo stress, but results of a recent study indicate that the patterns of stress that girls experience are more likely to result in depression than are those that boys experience.

(A) are those that boys experience
(B) what boys experience
(C) boys' experience would
(D) boys' stress patterns do
(E) stress patterns of boys

A is better than D.

A is perfectly parallel. A is the answer.

gmat_perfect, Whats the OA ?

IMO A

gmat_perfect wrote:Many teenagers undergo stress, but results of a recent study indicate that the patterns of stress that girls experience are more likely to result in depression than are those that boys experience.

(A) are those that boys experience
(B) what boys experience
(C) boys' experience would
(D) boys' stress patterns do
(E) stress patterns of boys

[spoiler]OA: Later[/spoiler]

I think E is not correct.

Pattern of stress that girls experience result in X than Y.

There is no comparison here.Similarly B and C are out.

Narrows down to A and D.

A seems to better and parallel.

A.

gmat_perfect wrote:Many teenagers undergo stress, but results of a recent study indicate that the patterns of stress that girls experience are more likely to result in depression than are those that boys experience.

(A) are those that boys experience
(B) what boys experience
(C) boys' experience would
(D) boys' stress patterns do
(E) stress patterns of boys

[spoiler]OA: Later[/spoiler]

The comparison MUST be parallel:

The patterns of stress that girls experience are more likely to result in depression than are those that boys experience.

Let's eliminate the modifiers.

The patterns ARE more likely than ARE X.

Here, We can have the sentence as follows:

The patterns are more likely than X are ----> This is done if and only if X is NOT modified by any other word(s).

Since X = those that boys experience, this portion is divided into two parts:

Those --> Pronoun
Modifier--> that boys experience.

The final:

The patterns of X are more likely than are those of Y.

Answer is A.

gmat_perfect wrote:

gmat_perfect wrote:Many teenagers undergo stress, but results of a recent study indicate that the patterns of stress that girls experience are more likely to result in depression than are those that boys experience.

(A) are those that boys experience
(B) what boys experience
(C) boys' experience would
(D) boys' stress patterns do
(E) stress patterns of boys

[spoiler]OA: Later[/spoiler]

The comparison MUST be parallel:

The patterns of stress that girls experience are more likely to result in depression than are those that boys experience.

Let's eliminate the modifiers.

The patterns ARE more likely than ARE X.

Here, We can have the sentence as follows:

The patterns are more likely than X are ----> This is done if and only if X is NOT modified by any other word(s).

Since X = those that boys experience, this portion is divided into two parts:

Those --> Pronoun
Modifier--> that boys experience.

The final:

The patterns of X are more likely than are those of Y.

Answer is A.

Could you please explain in depth.
Coz i think the Option A is not parallel.
What is wrong with D.
Thanks