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by karthikpandian19 » Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:03 am
A recent study revealed that if adolescent rats learn and socialized with other rats, they will develop more neural connectivity and learn quicker than do those housed without cage mates.


(A) socialized with other rats, they will develop more neural connectivity and learn quicker than do

(B) socialized with other rats, they develop more neural connectivity and learn quicker than

(C) socialize with other rats, they developed more neural connectivity and will learn quicker than do

(D) socialize with other rats, they have developed more neural connectivity and will learn more quickly than do

(E) socialize with other rats, they develop more neural connectivity and learn more quickly than
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:51 am
IMO E?
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by shekhar.kataria » Mon Jun 18, 2012 2:11 am
+1 for E

YOu need socialize to make the verb parallel to the verb learn. Eliminate A,B.

THE sentence is in the present tense, you need not to switch to past tense ( developed, have developed) and ,moreover, it changes the meaning and losses parallelism. USe simple tenses whenever required. Eliminate C,D
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by GMATGuruNY » Mon Jun 18, 2012 4:05 am
karthikpandian19 wrote:A recent study revealed that if adolescent rats learn and socialized with other rats, they will develop more neural connectivity and learn quicker than do those housed without cage mates.


(A) socialized with other rats, they will develop more neural connectivity and learn quicker than do

(B) socialized with other rats, they develop more neural connectivity and learn quicker than

(C) socialize with other rats, they developed more neural connectivity and will learn quicker than do

(D) socialize with other rats, they have developed more neural connectivity and will learn more quickly than do

(E) socialize with other rats, they develop more neural connectivity and learn more quickly than
To express a GENERAL TRUTH -- something that is true now and will remain true in the future -- we use the SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE.
The SC above is expressing a general truth about the nature of rats.
Thus, all of the actions attributed to the nature of rats should be in the simple present tense.
Only answer choice E does this:
A recent study revealed that if adolescent rats LEARN and SOCIALIZE with other rats, they DEVELOP more neural connectivity and LEARN more quickly than those housed without cage mates.

The correct answer is E.
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by karthikpandian19 » Mon Jun 18, 2012 6:56 pm
OA is E
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