Many teenagers undergo stress, but results {of a recent study} indicate that the patterns of stress that girls experience are more likely to result in depression than are those that boys experience.
A are those that boys experience answer
B what boys experience
C boys' experience would
D boys' stress patterns do
E stress patterns of boys
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Many teenagers undergo stress, but results {of a recent study} indicate that the patterns of stress that girls experience are more likely to result in depression than (patterns) what boys experience
here patterns refer to what boys experience why is B not the answer
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Hi,
To make the question simple, I generalize the sentence structure as follow:
Many teenagers undergo stress, - CLAUSE 1
but results {of a recent study} indicate that the patterns of stress that girls experience are more likely to result in depression than are those that boys experience. - CLAUSE 2
But in the CLAUSE 2, we even have another clause in it:
CLAUSE 2 - but results {of a recent study} indicate [Clause 2.1] that the patterns of stress that girls experience are more likely to result in depression than are those that boys experience.
In this clause 2.1 there is a comparison/ parallel structure:
the patterns of stress that girls experience VS. the patterns of stress that boys experience
For that we can eliminate:
B, "What" replaces for "stress" not "the patterns of stress". Boys experience stress, not the patterns of stress.
C & D, "would" and "do" do not parallel with "are" in Clause 2.1
E: lacks the verb "experience", thus changes meaning.
To make the question simple, I generalize the sentence structure as follow:
Many teenagers undergo stress, - CLAUSE 1
but results {of a recent study} indicate that the patterns of stress that girls experience are more likely to result in depression than are those that boys experience. - CLAUSE 2
But in the CLAUSE 2, we even have another clause in it:
CLAUSE 2 - but results {of a recent study} indicate [Clause 2.1] that the patterns of stress that girls experience are more likely to result in depression than are those that boys experience.
In this clause 2.1 there is a comparison/ parallel structure:
the patterns of stress that girls experience VS. the patterns of stress that boys experience
For that we can eliminate:
B, "What" replaces for "stress" not "the patterns of stress". Boys experience stress, not the patterns of stress.
C & D, "would" and "do" do not parallel with "are" in Clause 2.1
E: lacks the verb "experience", thus changes meaning.
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