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Research in developmental psychology has shown that teenagers are far more concerned with {{how they are accepted by their peers than younger children}}.

A - how they are accepted by their peers than younger children
B - being accepted by their peers than children younger than them are
C - how they are accepted by peers as younger children are
D - their acceptance amongst peers than younger children
E - being accepted by their peers than younger children

Pls share your reasoning for each choice

patanjali.purpose wrote:Research in developmental psychology has shown that teenagers are far more concerned with {{how they are accepted by their peers than younger children}}.

A - how they are accepted by their peers than younger children
B - being accepted by their peers than children younger than them are
C - how they are accepted by peers as younger children are
D - their acceptance amongst peers than younger children
E - being accepted by their peers than younger children

Pls share your reasoning for each choice

C wrong because of 'as'.
B is wordy and redundant in 'children younger than them are'
D meaning is vague
Between A and E, I choose A.

IMO: D, others seem passive for me!

Down to A and E. Usually the "being" options are wrong on GMAT, but in this specific example, it goes well.

What is the OA?

Thanks.

tuanquang269 wrote:

patanjali.purpose wrote:Research in developmental psychology has shown that teenagers are far more concerned with {{how they are accepted by their peers than younger children}}.

Pls share your reasoning for each choice

C wrong because of 'as'.
B is wordy and redundant in 'children younger than them are'
D meaning is vague
Between A and E, I choose A.

OA is not what you mentioned.

GmatKiss wrote:IMO: D, others seem passive for me!

This is also not OA

mankey wrote:Down to A and E. Usually the "being" options are wrong on GMAT, but in this specific example, it goes well.

What is the OA?

Thanks.

None of these is OA


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So, correct answer choice is E?

I do not realize the distinction between A and E. Maybe, A is informal than E. So, E will be the correct choice.

For example here:

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/res ... 6.html#top

How likely and likelihood

p/S: If another wrong with A, please help me. Thanks

tuanquang269 wrote:So, correct answer choice is E?

I do not realize the distinction between A and E. Maybe, A is informal than E. So, E will be the correct choice.

For example here:

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/res ... 6.html#top

How likely and likelihood

p/S: If another wrong with A, please help me. Thanks

To everyone's surprise OA is B!!!!!

Can we request some expert to help us.

patanjali.purpose wrote:Research in developmental psychology has shown that teenagers are far more concerned with {{how they are accepted by their peers than younger children}}.

A - how they are accepted by their peers than younger children
B - being accepted by their peers than children younger than them are
C - how they are accepted by peers as younger children are
D - their acceptance amongst peers than younger children
E - being accepted by their peers than younger children

Pls share your reasoning for each choice

I received a PM asking me to comment.

The SC above employs ELLIPSIS: the omission of words whose presence is understood.
Ellipsis is very common in COMPARISONS.
When ELLIPSIS is used, it must be clear what words have been omitted.

In A, there are two possible interpretations:
...teenagers are far more concerned with how they are accepted BY THEIR PEERS than with how they are accepted BY YOUNGER CHILDREN.
...TEENAGERS ARE FAR MORE CONCERNED with how they are accepted...than YOUNGER CHILDREN ARE CONCERNED with how they are accepted.
Since it is not crystal clear what words have been omitted and exactly what is being compared, eliminate A.

For the same reasons, eliminate D and E.

In C, MORE concerned...AS is not idiomatic. Eliminate C.

In B, children younger than THEM is unlikely to be included in an OA on the GMAT. The implied meaning is children who ARE younger than THEY [the teenagers] ARE, so the construction preferred in standard written English is children younger than THEY. (Please note that some grammarians will claim that in this construction than is a preposition, so children younger than them is permissible. I disagree with this analysis.)

I don't see a correct answer here.