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by nervesofsteel » Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:09 pm
The human growth hormone, made by the pituitary gland, is secreted during sleep in higher concentrations than when awake.
(A) during sleep in higher concentrations than when awake
(B) when sleeping in higher concentrations than waking hours
(C) in higher concentrations during sleeping than waking
(D) in higher concentrations during sleep than during waking hours
(E) in higher concentrations when asleep than when awake

OA D

IMO E
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by capnx » Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:29 pm
go with D

E: "when asleep than when awake", who's asleep and who's awake? logically the hormone cannot asleep or awake.
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by nervesofsteel » Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:07 pm
capnx wrote:go with D

E: "when asleep than when awake", who's asleep and who's awake? logically the hormone cannot asleep or awake.

"during waking hours" .. i don't find the usage waking hours correct...
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by capnx » Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:16 pm
nervesofsteel wrote:
capnx wrote:go with D

E: "when asleep than when awake", who's asleep and who's awake? logically the hormone cannot asleep or awake.

"during waking hours" .. i don't find the usage waking hours correct...
but what is grammatically incorrect about the usage of "waking hours"? waking is a present participal used to modify hours...
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