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by gmatnmein2010 » Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:42 am
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
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:09 am
I would choose A

A- correct

B- "one" is incorrect since "they" is used later in the sentence

C- "do" is incorrect

D- this needs a noun

E- the use of the possessive pronoun "their" is incorrect
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by mgmt_gmat » Fri Feb 12, 2010 12:55 am
Very Easy... IMO (A)..

A- correct

B- "one" is incorrectly change the meaning of sentence.

C- No need of " do". Because " use" is the verb here.

D- this needs a noun

E- the use of the possessive pronoun "their" is incorrect
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by vijay_venky » Fri Feb 12, 2010 1:55 am
I choose C because of the right comparison.
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by komal » Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:23 am
gmatnmein2010 wrote: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
tell linguists more about xyz than do - "more than" and "do" for tell are required here so eliminate A,B, D

between C and E , E uses "thier" which is ambiguous, does not clearly refer to children, hence C is clear answer.

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by bhumika.k.shah » Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:51 am
IMO A

B - wrong coz children = plural - one = singular

C - wrong coz the latter part of the underlined sentence doesnt match with the latter part of the non - underlined sentence.

D - wrong coz noun missing.

E- wrong coz their refers to children or linguists ?

Hence A

Hope this helps :)
gmatnmein2010 wrote: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
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by chetanc » Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:12 am
C makes the right comparsion..

What is the IMO?...
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by bhumika.k.shah » Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:04 pm
IMO = in my opinion.

OA = Official Answer

OE = Official Explanation

Hope this helps :)
chetanc wrote:C makes the right comparsion..

What is the IMO?...
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by sumanr84 » Tue Feb 16, 2010 2:56 am
gmatnmein2010 wrote: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 - they is wrongly refering to the nearest noun i.e. linguists
(B) how one learns language than - incorrect comparison
(C) how children learn language than do - correct .. do is replacement for learn
(D) learning language than - more about X than about Y should have been correct, IMO
(E) their language learning than do - Their is ambiguous
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by Ludacrispat26 » Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:04 am
gmatnmein2010 wrote: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
A is out because it uses "they" which could refer to either linguists (the closest possible antecedent, and plausible because it is a group of people) or children.

B has problem with "one" and "they"

C is good

D has same problem as A

E has same problem as A/D and is muddled
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by tomada » Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:16 pm
It seems that choices 'A' and 'C' are the most popular, but I think Ludacrispat26's reason for excluding choice 'A' is right on the money. Choice 'C' is correct.
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by vineetbatra » Tue Feb 16, 2010 3:16 pm
What is the OA guys, is it C becuase I also think so for proper comparison. No other choice is doing proper comparison.
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by bhumika.k.shah » Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:56 pm
Can we have the OAs now please?
I'd still like to go with A

and C still doesnt fit well in the non-underlined part of the sentence IMO
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by neelimareddym » Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:08 pm
IMO C..
In A.. "they" can refer to either children or lingists.. Ambiguity problem
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