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Theory of grammar

by rjain84 » Sat May 04, 2013 11:07 am
Any theory of grammar should answer three basic questions: what constitutes knowledge of grammar, how it is acquired, and how it is put to use.

(A) how it is acquired, and how it is put to use

(B) how is knowledge of grammar acquired, and how put to use

(C) how it was acquired and put to use

(D) its acquisition and putting to use

(E) how its knowledge is acquired, and how it is put to use

OA: A
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My Doubt: Why OA is correct? IMO, pronoun "it" is ambiguous in OA as it's not clear what "it" refers to: theory of grammar, theory, or grammar?
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by Jim@StratusPrep » Tue May 07, 2013 8:55 am
Yes, but only B does not contain 'it' and B 'how put to use' makes no sense.

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by EducationAisle » Tue May 07, 2013 9:22 am
rjain84 wrote: My Doubt: IMO, pronoun "it" is ambiguous in OA as it's not clear what "it" refers to: theory of grammar, theory, or grammar?
None of these by the way. "it" actually is intended to refer to "knowledge of grammar".
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by Lifetron » Tue May 07, 2013 8:33 pm
Any theory of grammar should answer three basic questions: what constitutes knowledge of grammar, how it is acquired, and how it is put to use.

(A) how it is acquired, and how it is put to use

(B) how is knowledge of grammar acquired, and how put to use - No verb

(C) how it was acquired and put to use - Not parallel

(D) its acquisition and putting to use - Not parallel

(E) how its knowledge is acquired, and how it is put to use - Grammar doesn't have any knowledge.
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