hams7uc wrote:
A study of children of divorced parents found that ten years after the parents' divorce, children who had been under six years of age at the time of the settlement were not
preoccupied, nor very curious, about the reasons that led to their parents' divorce.A) not preoccupied, nor even very curious, about the reasons that led to their parents' divorce
B) not preoccupied, with, or even very curious about, the reasons for their parents' divorce
C) neither preoccupied, nor even very curious, with the reasons that led to their parents divorce
D) neither preoccupied with the reasons that led to their parents' divorces or even very curious about them
E) neither preoccupied with the reasons that their parents divorced not even very curious about it
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I think the SC is testing prepositions + Neither/nor concepts
I got B by POE
A. "with" missing after "preoccupied"
Also "Not X ,Nor Y " is incorrect Usage
No X , nor Y
No X or Y
No X and no Y
are the correct idiomsc.
neither preoccupied, nor even very curious, with , is incorrect
neither preoccupied
with , nor even very curious
about , the reasons
D. What is "them" referring to? Divorces, reasons?
Logically it must refer to "reasons"
E. Neither X nor Y is the correct usage
Also "it" - incorrect pronoun for reasons.
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