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It is unclear whether chimpanzees are unique among nonhuman [#permalink]
 18 Mar 2007, 19:41
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It is unclear whether chimpanzees are unique among nonhuman species in their ability to learn behaviors from one another, or if, when other animals are studied in as much depth, similar patterns would be found.
A) if, when other animals are studied in as much depth, similar patterns would be found.
B) if other animals were studied with as much depth they would exhibit similar patterns.
C) would similar patterns be found in other animals if they were studied in as much deoth
D) whether similar patterns would be exhibited in other animals that were studied with as much depth
E) whether other animals would exhibit similar patterns if they were studied in as much depth.
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Clear E
If is used to present a condition. Whether is used to when there are alternatives available (often with yes or no as answer)
So A and B are ruled out right away. C is also wrong as would has been incorrectly used.
D is passive, "studied with" is incorrect
So E
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I agree with 'E', but just a doubt - Is 'whether.........or whether' a correct idiom?
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GMAThopeful wrote: Clear E
If is used to present a condition. Whether is used to when there are alternatives available (often with yes or no as answer)
So A and B are ruled out right away. C is also wrong as would has been incorrectly used.
D is passive, "studied with" is incorrect
So E
Now I can see why E is the answer considering parallelism. But why is the use of "would" in C wrong??
(SC probs posted here seem to be trickier than what I'm currently seeing in 1000 SC...I seldomly had problems with those...  )
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Whats OA?
I am leaning towards C.
E seems incorrect to me....it kinda indicates that studying more will make animals exhibit the patterns.
I mean patterns would be found upon in depth study...animals exhibit patterns even now (if they are to be found)
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I read it again...I am quite sure now E is wrong. I doubt "whether ...or whether" is a idiom here..
If you read carefully first few word...
I think
Only unclear thing is "whether chimpanzees are unique". this is then supplemented by asking if indepth study of other animals would help clarify it.
If you use whether ...or whether then both things become unclear, which sounds wrong.
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I would go with C on this one. It is not idiomatic to say "whether x or whether Y". It's always "whether X or Y". Only C satisfies this. The only problem with C is that it is in passive voice, but still grammatically correct.
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OA is E
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Man I felt pretty good about C. darn.
I hate ENGLISH 
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