Abhi077 wrote:
An investigation primarily funded by the Wellcome Trust suggests that adults were significantly more likely to experience subsequent physical and psychological traumas as a result of concussions taking place when a younger person.
A) taking place when a younger person
B) taking place when younger
C) that took place when a younger person
D) that took place when they were younger
E) that has taken place as each was a younger person
Option D
Abhi077 wrote:
A) taking place when a younger person
Awkward use of the -ing modifier for an action that occurred in the past. Illogically makes the action seem to have occurred in the present.
Abhi077 wrote:
B) taking place when younger
Same as B)
Abhi077 wrote:
C) that took place when a younger person
Makes the sentence unclear. Whose that younger person? One of the adults, or someone else?
Abhi077 wrote:
D) that took place when they were younger
This is the correct answer choice. It clearly and precisely communicates the intended meaning of the sentence. "They" correctly refers to the adults, leading to a clear sentence
Abhi077 wrote:
E) that has taken place as each was a younger person
As each what? Also unclear to whom it is referring