poseidon344 wrote:18. One legacy of Madison Avenue’s recent campaign to appeal to people fifty years old and over is the realization that as a person ages, their concerns change as well.
(A) the realization that as a person ages, their
(B) the realization that as people age, their
(C) to realize that when a person ages, his or her
(D) to realize that when people age, their - aging is a gradual process.
(E) realizing that as people age, their

imo- d...can someone explain why d is incorrect

poseidon344 wrote:18. One legacy of Madison Avenue’s recent campaign to appeal to people fifty years old and over is the realization that as a person ages, their concerns change as well.
(A) the realization that as a person ages, their
(B) the realization that as people age, their
(C) to realize that when a person ages, his or her
(D) to realize that when people age, their
(E) realizing that as people age, their

imo- d...can someone explain why d is incorrect

Choices A and C can be eliminated very easily due to Pronoun Incongruity. A person...their does not make any sesnse.

For ruling out D the logic has been provided very aptly.

Between B and E, B is certainly a better choice. As E doesn't follow Parallelism. Realizing is a gerund, no other part of the non-underlined segment uses a gerund.

Going by the sounding logic, you many goof-up with the questions

karmayogi wrote:

poseidon344 wrote:as vs when: aging is a gradual process. 'as people age, their concerns change as well' is correct. Eliminates C and D.

can u explore a bit karamyogi....how and when to use "when" vs"as"
pls elaborate with some other example. and tell me the source wfrom wehre u read. it would be intresting to know this thing

umaa wrote:VodkaBoy,
Can you explain me how? I really don't know how they become parallel