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by MichelleW1982 » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:44 pm
Recently documented examples of neurogenesis, the production of new brain cells, include the brain growing in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or neurons increasing in canaries that learn new songs.

(A) the brain growing in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or neurons increasing in canaries that
(B) mice whose brains grow when they are placed in a stimulating environment or canaries whose neurons increase when they
(C) mice's brains that grow when they are placed in a stimulating environment or canaries' neurons that increase when they
(D) the brain growth in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or the increase in canaries' neurons when they
(E) brain growth in mice that are placed in a stimulating environment or an increase in neurons in canaries that


Answer: E
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by x2suresh » Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:03 pm
MichelleW1982 wrote:Recently documented examples of neurogenesis, the production of new brain cells, include the brain growing in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or neurons increasing in canaries that learn new songs.

(A) the brain growing in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or neurons increasing in canaries that
(B) mice whose brains grow when they are placed in a stimulating environment or canaries whose neurons increase when they
(C) mice's brains that grow when they are placed in a stimulating environment or canaries' neurons that increase when they
(D) the brain growth in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or the increase in canaries' neurons when they
(E) brain growth in mice that are placed in a stimulating environment or an increase in neurons in canaries that


Answer: E
B,C,D they .. ambigous.. no clear referrent

between A and E

E for parallelism.

examples are .. "brain growth in mice that.." and "increase in nuerons in canaries.. that"

A is awkward.
the brain growing in mice when placed in a stimulating environment
--> its not clear.. what is placed in simulating environment.. "brain" or "mice"

E is the best.

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