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by GmatKiss » Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:48 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

OA is D! Why?
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by qisma » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:10 pm
Not an expert but here was my line of thinking as I looked at the question...

I eliminated answer choices A, B and C because of the lack of parallel structures. The sentence states "A study done on children under the age of twelve showed THAT..."
So I know I'm looking for a clause that will also contain "THAT" since it is describing the results of the study and there will be two differing outcomes.

The original wording is unwieldy and it is not clear to whom "they" is referring to - it could be the parents or the children referred to previously. Any ambiguity in terms of meaning is incorrect.

I chose the OA because it has parallel structure, it is much clearer in meaning (the children are the ones who were perceiving themselves differently, not their parents) and the verb tenses are used correctly.

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by aspirant2011 » Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:32 pm
GmatKiss 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

OA is D! Why?

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by sam2304 » Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:41 pm
Nice question. I went for B :(. Only B and D compares the children experiencing terrors and their parents experiencing terrors in their childhood. B has pronoun issue as explained by aspirant.
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by avik.ch » Wed Oct 19, 2011 10:07 pm
GmatKiss wrote: OA is D! Why?
A Study done on children under the age of twelve showed
- that 15%.......
- that children whose parents.........

Two parallel structure.

I hope this helps

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