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kamalakarthi
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A: an all-day White House scientific conference on new findings that indicatesIn April 1997, Hillary Rodham Clinton hosted an all-day White House scientific
conference on new findings that indicates a child's acquiring language thinking, and
emotional skills as an active process that may be largely completed before age three.
A. that indicates a child's acquiring language, thinking, and emotional skills as
B. that are indicative of a child acquiring language, thinking, and emotional skills as
C. to indicate that when a child acquires language, thinking, and emotional skills,
that it is
D. indicating that a child's acquisition of language, thinking, and emotional skills is
E. indicative of a child's acquisition of language, thinking, and emotional skills as
Here, that indicates (that + singular verb) seems to refer to conference (the nearest preceding singular noun), implying that an all-day White House scientific CONFERENCE indicates how a child acquires language skills.
Not the intended meaning.
Eliminate A.
B: findings that are indicative of a child
Not the intended meaning: the findings are not indicative of a CHILD.
Rather, the findings indicate how a child ACQUIRES LANGUAGE SKILLS.
Eliminate B.
In C, it lacks a clear antecedent.
Eliminate C.
Generally, an as-clause must refer to an ACTION.
To illustrate:
John WORKS as a doctor.
Mary SANG as John danced.
E: a child's acquisition...as an active process
Here, the as-clause in red cannot serve to modify a NOUN such as acquisition.
Eliminate E.
The correct answer is D.
