Night terror!

[Yossarian]

A study done on children under the age of twelve showed that 15 percent of them experienced night terrors but for children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely that they would perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers.


(A) for children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely that they would perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers

(B) for children whose parents also experienced such terrors in childhood, they were more likely than other children prone to night terrors to perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers'

(C) when children had parents who had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely for them to be perceiving their behavior as different from that of their peers'

(D) that children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood were more likely than other children prone to night terrors to perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers'

(E) that when children had parents who had also experienced such terrors in childhood they were more likely to be perceiving behavior that differed from their peers

While answering also please explain why you went for a particular option.

Shall post the spoiler in the next post!

[pradeepkaushal9518]

where is the question n put in cr forum

[gmat_perfect]

What is the source of this question?

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[Yossarian]

What is the source of this question?

Please cite source first.

Source is knewton.

[gmat_perfect]

Then this question MUST be answered by a knewton teacher.

I don't find GMAT flavor in this question. I have been studying OG's (OG10, OG11, OG12, and OG Review) and GMATPREP questions for more than two months. I don't find the pattern that has been used in those official stuffs.

Maybe there are some patterns, but I don't get them.


Teachers from knewton, please explain.

Thanks.

[abhi84v]

I will give it a shot. IMO D.

their behaviour is compared to their peers' behaviour or peers'

In such a case the options mentioning just peers instead of the apostrophe is wrong as it compares behaviour to peers

Thus options A and E are out

In option C it should either be their peers' or that of their peers for the same reason. That of their peers' is wrong. So C is out

In B the pronoun referrent they could incorrectly refer back to the parents or children without making the case clear

D remains.

Please post the OA so other people are interested and can post alternative explanations. If no one can I agree we should pm an expert

[debmalya_dutta]

I would go for C.. though I am not very confident about it ... What's the OA ?

[BastiG]

A study done on children under the age of twelve showed that 15 percent of them experienced night terrors but for children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely that they would perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers.


(A) for children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely that they would perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers

(B) for children whose parents also experienced such terrors in childhood, they were more likely than other children prone to night terrors to perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers'

(C) when children had parents who had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely for them to be perceiving their behavior as different from that of their peers'

(D) that children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood were more likely than other children prone to night terrors to perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers'

(E) that when children had parents who had also experienced such terrors in childhood they were more likely to be perceiving behavior that differed from their peers

While answering also please explain why you went for a particular option.

Shall post the spoiler in the next post!

I would pick d. I would rule out A/C/E because wrong usage of idiom more.... than. That leaves B and D. I would prefer D over B because of parallelism. that is in b missing.

[reply2spg]

This is just a copy of one of the OG questions, and IMO answer is D. OA please

A study done on children under the age of twelve showed that 15 percent of them experienced night terrors but for children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely that they would perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers.


(A) for children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely that they would perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers - they is ambiguous

(B) for children whose parents also experienced such terrors in childhood, they were more likely than other children prone to night terrors to perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers' - same as A

(C) when children had parents who had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely for them to be perceiving their behavior as different from that of their peers' - Changes the meaning

(D) that children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood were more likely than other children prone to night terrors to perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers' - Correct

(E) that when children had parents who had also experienced such terrors in childhood they were more likely to be perceiving behavior that differed from their peers - Same as C

While answering also please explain why you went for a particular option.

Shall post the spoiler in the next post!

[scorpionz]

IMO: D

(A) for children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely that they would perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers - they is ambiguous

(B) for children whose parents also experienced such terrors in childhood, they were more likely than other children prone to night terrors to perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers' - they is ambiguous

(C) when children had parents who had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely for them to be perceiving their behavior as different from that of their peers' - them is ambiguous.."to be perceiving" - tense changed unnecessarily

(D) that children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood were more likely than other children prone to night terrors to perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers' - Correct

(E) that when children had parents who had also experienced such terrors in childhood they were more likely to be perceiving behavior that differed from their peers - they is ambiguous

OA Plz..??

[Yossarian]

IMO: D

(A) for children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely that they would perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers - they is ambiguous

(B) for children whose parents also experienced such terrors in childhood, they were more likely than other children prone to night terrors to perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers' - they is ambiguous

(C) when children had parents who had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely for them to be perceiving their behavior as different from that of their peers' - them is ambiguous.."to be perceiving" - tense changed unnecessarily

(D) that children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood were more likely than other children prone to night terrors to perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers' - Correct

(E) that when children had parents who had also experienced such terrors in childhood they were more likely to be perceiving behavior that differed from their peers - they is ambiguous

OA Plz..??

Thank you guys. The OA is "D".

[mohit11]

Then this question MUST be answered by a knewton teacher.

I don't find GMAT flavor in this question. I have been studying OG's (OG10, OG11, OG12, and OG Review) and GMATPREP questions for more than two months. I don't find the pattern that has been used in those official stuffs.

Maybe there are some patterns, but I don't get them.


Teachers from knewton, please explain.

Thanks.

This is exactly the kind of question that you can expect in GMAT !!

A study done on children under the age of twelve showed that 15 percent of them experienced night terrors but for children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely that they would perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers.


(A) for children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely that they would perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers - They could refer to parents or children

(B) for children whose parents also experienced such terrors in childhood, they were more likely than other children prone to night terrors to perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers' They could refer to parents or children

(C) when children had parents who had also experienced such terrors in childhood it was more likely for them to be perceiving their behavior as different from that of their peers' - The marked expression is unidiomatic

(D) that children whose parents had also experienced such terrors in childhood were more likely than other children prone to night terrors to perceive their behavior as fundamentally different from their peers' - Correct.

(E) that when children had parents who had also experienced such terrors in childhood they were more likely to be perceiving behavior that differed from their peers - Same as A