Please explain this in detail?




Authoritative parents are more likely than permissive
parents to have children who as adolescents are selfconfi
dent, high in self-esteem, and responsibly
independent.


(A) Authoritative parents are more likely than
permissive parents to have children who as
adolescents are self-confi dent, high in selfesteem,
and responsibly independent.
(B) Authoritative parents who are more likely than
permissive parents to have adolescent children
that are self-confi dent, high in self-esteem, and
responsibly independent.
(C) Children of authoritative parents, rather than
permissive parents, are the more likely to be
self-confi dent, have a high self-esteem, and to
be responsibly independent as adolescents.
(D) Children whose parents are authoritative rather
than being permissive, are more likely to have
self-confi dence, a high self-esteem, and be
responsibly independent when they are an
adolescent.
(E) Rather than permissive parents, the children of
authoritative parents are the more likely to have
self-confi dence, a high self-esteem, and to be
responsibly independent as an adolescent.

It's like this :

responsibly independent - the full phrase comprises adjective (independent) modified by an adverb - "responsibly", and the core attribute referring to children when they grow up is independent.

To your question regarding "responsible" :

responsible - adjective (He is a responsible person. Here, responsible modifies person)

responsibly - adverb (He behaved responsibly in the meeting. Here, responsibly modifies behaved)
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Well to drill down a bit more, the parallelism here is in the form of adjective phrases, and "responsibly independent" is one. Try to focus on meaning of the sentence, in which a list of attributes in enumerated. That being so, "responsibly independent" just adds one more degree of qualification to "independent", much the same as "the red shirt" and "the torn red shirt".
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(A) Authoritative parents are more likely than
permissive parents to have children who as
adolescents are self-confi dent, high in selfesteem,
and responsibly independent.
--> Parallel structue compares "Authoritative parents" to "permissive parents" [Correct]

(B) Authoritative parents who are more likely than
permissive parents to have adolescent children
that are self-confident, high in self-esteem, and
responsibly independent.
--> "that are self-confident" here "that" is incorrectly refer to children.

(C) Children of authoritative parents, rather than
permissive parents, are the more likely to be
self-confi dent, have a high self-esteem, and to
be responsibly independent as adolescents.
--> Childern [singular] ==> "are the more likely to " plural are

(D) Children whose parents are authoritative rather
than being permissive, are more likely to have
self-confi dence, a high self-esteem, and be
responsibly independent when they are an
adolescent.
--> Childern [singular] ==> "are the more likely to " plural are

(E) Rather than permissive parents, the children of
authoritative parents are the more likely to have
self-confi dence, a high self-esteem, and to be
responsibly independent as an adolescent.
--> Childern [singular] ==> "are the more likely to " plural are

a. correct
b. children that are - wrong + missing main verb
c. wrong comparison between children and parents.
d. wrong usage of being + they is plural
e. wrong comparison between children and parents.
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