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by GmatKiss » Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:16 pm
Popular child psychologists have advocated that parents discipline male children similarly to the fashion in which they discipline daughters.

a) similarly to the fashion in which they discipline
b) in the same manner that they would use with
c) like they would handle
d) as they discipline
e) as they would

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by crick » Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:09 pm
I will go with E .

There is a hypothetical element to the original sentence and .hence we need a would here..

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by ColumbiaVC » Fri Sep 16, 2011 9:58 pm
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by gunjan1208 » Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:04 am
a) similarly to the fashion in which they discipline : I would prefer similar to
b) in the same manner that they would use with: Would??
c) like they would handle : Would??? With Subjunctive?
d) as they discipline : Correct : In line with Subjunctive
e) as they would : Would with Subjunctive?
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by mehrasa » Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:36 am
GmatKiss wrote:Popular child psychologists have advocated that parents discipline male children similarly to the fashion in which they discipline daughters.

a) similarly to the fashion in which they discipline
b) in the same manner that they would use with
c) like they would handle
d) as they discipline
e) as they would

OA after some time
a) similarly to is not correct
b) they would use with???? is strange
c) it is about discipline so handle cannot be appropriate
d) Correct
e) it is odd, as they would daughters
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by GmatKiss » Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:24 pm
OA is E
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by mehrasa » Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:45 pm
GmatKiss wrote:OA is E
hmmm. indeed tricky... sometimes we have to guess "oh, sth is going on here, it is not that easy..we need to be careful' ;)
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by sl750 » Sun Sep 18, 2011 12:05 am
E

A is too wordy, also usage of adverb similarly is wrong
B uses 'with' to suggest that discipline is used with daughters
C uses 'like' which should be used with nouns
D suggests that the two actions happen simultaneously

advocate is a subjunctive verb. It indicates a possibility, so using would is correct
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by mankey » Mon Sep 19, 2011 4:00 am
Can some expert please respond to this one?

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by lunarpower » Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:58 am
i received a private message regarding this thread.

this isn't a good question; both (d) and (e) are justifiable answers.
if the sentence is talking about parents who actually have daughters -- i.e., parents should discipline boys in the same way in which they actually discipline girls -- then (d) works.
if the sentence is presenting a hypothetical situation, in which the parents may not actually have daughters, then (e) works.

(e) is somewhat better than (d), because the context involves general advice given by popular psychologists; truly general advice should not only apply to parents who happen to have daughters.
on the other hand, (d) is certainly not wrong enough to be an incorrect answer on an official problem.

ignore; distrust the source; move on.
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by patanjali.purpose » Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:02 pm
lunarpower wrote:i received a private message regarding this thread.

this isn't a good question; both (d) and (e) are justifiable answers.
if the sentence is talking about parents who actually have daughters -- i.e., parents should discipline boys in the same way in which they actually discipline girls -- then (d) works.
if the sentence is presenting a hypothetical situation, in which the parents may not actually have daughters, then (e) works.

(e) is somewhat better than (d), because the context involves general advice given by popular psychologists; truly general advice should not only apply to parents who happen to have daughters.
on the other hand, (d) is certainly not wrong enough to be an incorrect answer on an official problem.

ignore; distrust the source; move on.
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by lunarpower » Sat Nov 24, 2012 11:20 am
no problem.
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