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A crippling disorder for many young women, anorexia nervosa is when issues of control and distorted body image result in a dangerously low weight within the context of age, developmental trajectory, and physical health.
A) A crippling disorder for many young women, anorexia nervosa is
B) A crippling disorder that affects many young women, anorexia nervosa is
C) Anorexia nervosa is a crippling disorder for many young women,
D) Anorexia nervosa is a crippling disorder for many young women;
E) A crippling disorder for many young women, anorexia nervosa develops
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A crippling disorder for many young women, anorexia nervosa is when issues of control and distorted body image result in a dangerously low weight within the context of age, developmental trajectory, and physical health.
A) A crippling disorder for many young women, anorexia nervosa is
B) A crippling disorder that affects many young women, anorexia nervosa is
C) Anorexia nervosa is a crippling disorder for many young women,
D) Anorexia nervosa is a crippling disorder for many young women;
E) A crippling disorder for many young women, anorexia nervosa develops
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HI..

If you look at the Underlined portion in Original sentence....

"A crippling disorder for many young women, anorexia nervosa is" -
Appositive modifier "A crippling disorder for many young women" correctly modifies "anorexia nervosa"
BUT "IS" requires some description of disease, a description that is missing as the non underlined portion starts with WHEN..

E correctly changes IS to DEVELOPS, thus correcting the usage of WHEN in non-underlined portion.

E
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Can someone explain why option A and B is wrong?
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Can someone explain why option A and B is wrong?
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The non-underlined word when indicates a conditional relationship. The verb is is an absolute action. For this reason, the form of the verb to be is not acceptable. Hope that helps!
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A crippling disorder for many young women, anorexia nervosa is when issues of control and distorted body image result in a dangerously low weight within the context of age, developmental trajectory, and physical health.
A) A crippling disorder for many young women, anorexia nervosa is
B) A crippling disorder that affects many young women, anorexia nervosa is
C) Anorexia nervosa is a crippling disorder for many young women,
D) Anorexia nervosa is a crippling disorder for many young women;
E) A crippling disorder for many young women, anorexia nervosa develops


HI..

If you look at the Underlined portion in Original sentence....

"A crippling disorder for many young women, anorexia nervosa is" -
Appositive modifier "A crippling disorder for many young women" correctly modifies "anorexia nervosa"
BUT "IS" requires some description of disease, a description that is missing as the non underlined portion starts with WHEN..

E correctly changes IS to DEVELOPS, thus correcting the usage of WHEN in non-underlined portion.

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Absolutely bang on.... IMO E

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A crippling disorder for many young women, anorexia nervosa is when 02 Dec 2017, 19:33
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Can someone explain why option A and B is wrong?
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If you focus on non underlined portion you will understand that it explains when that disease occurs. IS is used to describe something. So, the issue is the verb.

A crippling disorder for many young women, anorexia nervosa is when issues of control and distorted body image result in a dangerously low weight within the context of age, developmental trajectory, and physical health.
A) A crippling disorder for many young women, anorexia nervosa is
B) A crippling disorder that affects many young women, anorexia nervosa is

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