Because right-brained individuals do not employ convergent thinking pr

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Because right-brained individuals do not employ convergent thinking processes,  like left-brained individuals,  they may not notice and remember the same level of detail as their counterparts.

A) like left-brained individuals,

B) unlike a left-brained individual,

C) as left-brained individuals,

D) as left-brained individuals do,

E) as a left-brained individual can,

generis · Answer

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zhanbo · Answer

My answer is  (D) . It took me 23 seconds.

(A) If right-brained individuals are like left-brained individuals, simply write "individuals / human beings".
(B) No reason to introduce discordance between plural "right-brained individuals" and singular "a left-brained individual".
(C) "as left-brained individuals" can be interpreted to mean "right-brained individuals do not employ convergent thinking processes in the capacity of left-brained individuals".
(D) "as left-brained individuals do" won't be misinterpreted. 
(E) For one, singular "a left-brained individual" is not in harmony with plural “right-brained individuals". For another, "can" is not parallel with "do (not)".

Aham56 · Answer

I too came up with D but want to understand/confirm that the 'they' refers to right-brained individuals and not the left-brained individuals in this case.

Is this because 'left-brained individuals' is separated by commas?

DmitryFarber · Answer

Aham56

Sure, that's part of it. The bit about left-brained individuals is a modifier set off with commas, not part of the main sentence. However, it's also important to note that if we read "they" as referring to left-brained individuals, then the sentence makes no sense. How can left-brained individuals fall short of their counterparts on the basis of something that right-brained individuals do not do? The two ideas don't make sense together. More generally, if we see "Because X, . . . " then the clause that follows must be  what  happens because of X. For that reason, "they" must refer to whatever that initial statement of cause is talking about.

100mitra · Answer

Because  right-brained individuals do  not employ convergent thinking processes, 
  like left-brained individuals,  
they may not notice and remember the same level of detail 
as their counterparts

Eliminate, A, and B:  - Wrong usage of "like" to show similiarty, 
here intended meaning is comparison between two, "right-brained individuals do" and "left-brained individuals do"
A) like left-brained individuals,
B) unlike a left-brained  individual ,(singular - subject)

C) as left-brained individuals -  Wrong : Parallelsim Error, which is corrected in Option D, and does not have "verb"
E) as a left-brained individual can -  Wrong:  " Individual "  Singular

Option D 
Because   right-brained individuals do   not employ convergent thinking processes, 
 as   left-brained individuals do  , 
they may not notice and remember the same level of detail 
as their counterparts
 Correct: Maintains Parallelism, Plural Subject, correct usage of "as", involves verb "do"

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