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635. Several recent studies suggest that a child born into a family whose members have allergies will probably themselves develop allergies following the onset of a minor viral infection. (A) a child born into a family whose members have allergies will probably themselves develop allergies (B) children born into families whose members have allergies will probably themselves develop allergies (C) a child born into a family the members of which have allergies will probably develop an allergy (D) in those families where members have allergies, children will probably develop allergies themselves (E) children born into a family in which there are allergies will themselves probably develop an allergy Please, explain
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walker wrote: 635. Several recent studies suggest that a child born into a family whose members have allergies will probably themselves develop allergies following the onset of a minor viral infection.
(A) a child born into a family whose members have allergies will probably themselves develop allergies
(B) children born into families whose members have allergies will probably themselves develop allergies
(C) a child born into a family the members of which have allergies will probably develop an allergy
(D) in those families where members have allergies, children will probably develop allergies themselves
(E) children born into a family in which there are allergies will themselves probably develop an allergy
Please, explain nothing to subordinate or connect the part in red
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B for 'children' , 'families' and 'themselves
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What is wrong with C? Please, explain in detail
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bmwhype2 wrote: nothing to subordinate or connect the part in red Thanks! OA is B
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how come "themselves" is not confusing in option B? what's wrong with E and how can we be certain that "themselves" has a clear referant and is not describing either families or allergies?
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C is wrong because of the which I believe, in my opinion when referring to people it should be who or whose correct me if I am wrong.
Also which is almost always preceded by a comma
E is wrong because a family which there are allergies
kind of ambigious, we are trying to say families who have allergies not familes where there are allergies, what does that mean? do they have allergies or are allergies just around them?
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Hi, Whats wrong with A? It´s very similar to B... Thanks.
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Pronoun Antecedent agreement.
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tarun wrote: Pronoun Antecedent agreement.
B. You mean that the problem with A is that "themselves" is refering to "a child", and that does not match so is incorrect?
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yes...themselves with child is incorrect.
should be (B).
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what is wrong with D....???...I find D to be more appropriate because "probably" is modifying "develop" and therefore is adjacent to it which is not the case in B . Can someone explain...??
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Raths wrote: what is wrong with D....???...I find D to be more appropriate because "probably" is modifying "develop" and therefore is adjacent to it which is not the case in B . Can someone explain...?? In D "where" is not a good modifier of families. In B, couldnt i "themselves" refer to either children or members? could anybody clarify? And what's wrong with C? I dont see any problem saying "a family the members of which bla bla bla". Thanks in advance!!
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Answer is B:
children born into families whose members have allergies will probably themselves develop allergies
child or family will not match with themselves which is plural..
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