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by bvn » Sat Dec 04, 2010 7:58 am
A study done on children under the age of twelve showed that 15 percent of them experienced night terrors but for children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely that they would perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers.


(A) for children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely that they would perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers

(B) for children whose parents also experienced such terrors in childhood, they were more likely than other children prone to night terrors to perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers'

(C) when children had parents who had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely for them to be perceiving their behavior as different from that of their peers'

(D) that children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood were more likely than other children prone to night terrors to perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers'

(E) that when children had parents who had also experienced such terrors in childhood they were more likely to be perceiving behavior that differed from their peers
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by ronaldramlan » Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:47 am
The answer is D as described in the following thread.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/night-terror-t64966.html
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by nazar7ft » Sat Dec 04, 2010 9:20 am
bvn wrote:A study done on children under the age of twelve showed that 15 percent of them experienced night terrors but for children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely that they would perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers.


(A) for children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely that they would perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers

(B) for children whose parents also experienced such terrors in childhood, they were more likely than other children prone to night terrors to perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers'

(C) when children had parents who had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely for them to be perceiving their behavior as different from that of their peers'

(D) that children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood were more likely than other children prone to night terrors to perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers'

(E) that when children had parents who had also experienced such terrors in childhood they were more likely to be perceiving behavior that differed from their peers
The key points to solve this sentence correction:

Let us see the skeleton of the sentence:

15 percent of them experienced night terrors but for children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely that they would perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers.

The problems with this original versions:

1.The "but" has been used in a wrong way. We MUST know the use of "but".

Showed that X but that Y, where X and Y are clauses.

Note that we should have parallel structures before and after BUT.

They have done something, but we have not done.

Clause + COMMA + BUT + Clause, where the clauses are independent.

It is good for us, but for them it is not good. ....CORRECT.

On the basis of this, the options A and B can be eliminated.

2. The pronoun "they" has more than one antecedents.

A and E can be eliminated for ambiguous "they".

3. A clause cannot be antecedent of "it".

It was more likely....

What does "it" refer to?

"15 percent of them experienced night terrors" is the logical antecedent of "it". Here, a clause has been used as an antecedent of it.

We can eliminate A and C.

Answer is D.
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