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by rohit9359 » Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:32 pm
Q. The mistakes children make in learning to speak tell linguists more about how they learn language than the correct forms they use.
(A) how they learn language than
(B) how one learns language than
(C) how children learn language than do
(D) learning language than
(E) their language learning than do

OA is [spoiler](C)[/spoiler]. Why not [spoiler](A)[/spoiler]?

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by satish.nagdev » Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:36 pm
in A [they] doesn't have clear referent it can be children or linguists.

whats the source of question?
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by gmat740 » Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:50 pm
in A [they] doesn't have clear referent it can be children or linguists.
Yes I also agree with Satish, it is having no proper referent.
By reading it in one go, I also chose A(because it sounds good to ears)

But in GMAT you cannot rely on your ears every time!!
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by Rashmi1804 » Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:10 pm
here , an auxiliary verb is required -DO.... to make it clear that mistakes are compared with correct forms.

So down to E and C.

Initially i thought E is more concise.

But one of explanations refuting E is that, "their" doesnt have a referrent.

Doesnt it really ?? :O when "they" in the later part of the sentence does ???

Karan.....crack it please!! :wink:
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by rs2010 » Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:40 pm
rohit9359 wrote:Q. The mistakes children make in learning to speak tell linguists more about how they learn language than the correct forms they use.
(A) how they learn language than-- immediate back is linguists wrong meaning
(B) how one learns language than
(C) how children learn language than do
(D) learning language than- faulty comparison
(E) their language learning than do- Same as but with their case here.

OA is [spoiler](C)[/spoiler]. Why not [spoiler](A)[/spoiler]?

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by Rashmi1804 » Wed Apr 15, 2009 3:00 pm
Hemant, i dint get it.
Could you please elaborate you reason as why E is wrong??
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by gmat740 » Wed Apr 15, 2009 5:46 pm
But one of explanations refuting E is that, "their" doesnt have a referrent.

Doesnt it really ?? :O when "they" in the later part of the sentence does ???

Karan.....crack it please!!


Well Lets see the complete sentence with E option fitting the underline part.

Q. The mistakes children make in learning to speak tell linguists more about (E) their language learning than do the correct forms they use.
We are not sure "their" refers to Children or Linguists.

So C removes this ambiguity.

Hope this Helps

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