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1. The Wallerstein study indicates that even after a decade young men and women still experience some of the effects of a divorce occurring when a child.
(A) occurring when a child
(B) occurring when children
(C) that occurred when a child
(D) that occurred when they were children
(E) that has occurred as each was a child

Hi Experts OG 10 says
"Choice A incorrectly introduces the when... phrase with
occurring, thus illogically making divorce the grammatical referent of when a child;"

If you consider the following SC
Lacking information about energy use, people tend to overestimate the amount of energy used by
equipment. such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate that used by unobtrusive equipment, such as water heaters.
(A) equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate that
(B) equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate it when
(C) equipment, such as lights, that is visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate it when
(D) visible equipment, such as lights, that must be turned on and off and underestimate that
(E) visible equipment, such as lights, that must be turned on and off and underestimate it when


OG 10 says
In B, C, and E, when used by does not parallel amount... used by and nonsensically suggests that the people are used by the equipment.

why is OG 10 contradicting itself
Lacking information about energy use, people tend to overestimate the amount of energy used by equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate it when used by unobtrusive equipment, such as water heaters.
People is the subject of the sentence . OG says "when used by " seems to modify people .
But in the earlier SC
The Wallerstein study indicates that even after a decade young men and women still experience some of the effects of a divorce occurring when a child.
young men and women is the subject in the subordinate that clause , then why does the "when " clause seems to modify divorce is because "occurring when " is next to divorce .
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