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The investigations of many psychologist

by clock60 » Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:13 pm
The investigations of many psychologist and anthropologists support the generalization of there being little that is a significant difference in underlying mental processes manifested by people from different culture.
A of there being little that is a significant difference
B of there being little that is significantly different
C of little that is significantly different
D that there is little that is significantly different
E that there is little of significant differences
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by Tani » Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:47 pm
I assume the initial sentence was copied incorrectly since it would have to be different "cultures".

"generalization of" has to be followed by a noun clause and "generalization that" by a verb clause.

That rules out A,B, and C.
E is wrong because "little of significant differences" is incorrect. You could say "there are few significant differences" or "there is little of significant difference".

D is the winner.
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by clock60 » Fri Apr 15, 2011 11:12 pm
Tani Wolff - Kaplan wrote:I assume the initial sentence was copied incorrectly since it would have to be different "cultures".

"generalization of" has to be followed by a noun clause and "generalization that" by a verb clause.

That rules out A,B, and C.
E is wrong because "little of significant differences" is incorrect. You could say "there are few significant differences" or "there is little of significant difference".

D is the winner.
thanks Tani. you are right. it is clear now
the oa is D
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by Chaitanya_1986 » Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:24 pm
Hi Tani,

Could you please eloborate a little more on your explanation that

"You could say "there are few significant differences" or "there is little of significant difference"."

How come "there is little of significant difference" will be correct???? We donot know whether there is only 1 difference that exists or >1 ......

Could you please explain this???
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by Tani » Sat Apr 16, 2011 7:51 pm
Those constructions are the correct idiomatic forms. Idioms by definition are not subject to explanation. Isn't English fun?
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by Chaitanya_1986 » Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:29 pm
Hi Tani,

That's right......Idioms are like Defined stanza's of Bible......We have know & read them-that's it....Not Question them, but understand them.....:)

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