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Experts, when asked about children lacking academic

by BTGmoderatorDC » Thu Sep 20, 2018 5:28 pm

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Experts, when asked about children lacking academic motivation, recommends that parents think of the setting of realistic goals and rewards as a fundamental process.

A. Experts, when asked about children lacking academic motivation, recommends that parents think
B. Experts, when asked about children lacking academic motivation, recommend that parents thinking
C. Experts, when asked about children lacking academic motivation, recommend that parents having thought
D. When asked about children lacking academic motivation, experts recommend that parents will think
E. When asked about children lacking academic motivation, experts recommend that parents think

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by deloitte247 » Sun Sep 23, 2018 1:25 pm

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Here, we need to critique the linguistic accuracies of the different options presented below.

Option A - INCORRECT./b]
An action that has occurred needs not be in the present continuous sense of it i.e ''recommends''. This is a clear case of no difference in the option statement and the original content. It's in an undiluted form and itself needs critique.

Option B - INCORRECT.
The flow has been truncated by the uncharacteristic use of a continuous verb ''thinking'' in expressing a present form. It is grammatically inconsistent.

Option C - INCORRECT.
This response looks preemptive. It seeks to suggest that the parents have initially taken a position before considering an expect. It is a vague statement with little substance.

Option D - INCORRECT.
Here, it's a bit different word arrangement such that the structure parts are well placed but for the grammatical placement. Using ''will'' in a future tense definitely killed the quality the statement has.

Option E - CORRECT.
The structure here shows the author portraying the parents thoughts as the only reasonable factor recommendable to curtailing their children's lacking in academic motivation. This is the best option so far.
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