Newly hatched eaglets cannot be separated from a parent in the way tha

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Newly hatched eaglets cannot be separated from a parent  in the way that older eaglets might be separated from them .

A. in the way that older eaglets might be separated from them
B. in the way that older eaglets might be
C. such as in the way that older eaglets might be separated
D. as in the way that older eaglets might
E. as in the way of older eaglets

Doer01 · Answer

Hi folks,

A. in the way that older eaglets might be separated from  them , : Incorrect, them is ambiguous.
B. in the way that older eaglets might  be  : Incorrect, be requires an action.
C.  such as  in the way that older eaglets might be separated : Incorrect, such as shows example but what we are looking here is a comparison
D. as in the way that older eaglets might : correct and best among 5. that modifies way.
E. as in the way  of  older eaglets : Incorrect preposition.

IMO D

Baps · Answer

Hi Team,

I picked "D" too, but the given the OA I'm wrong.

I thought that "D" was the best answer because you needed a comparison between the "Newly hatched eaglets" and the "Older eaglets". Also, I thought that "might" was the action verb we needed to complete this comparison. It seems I was wrong on both aspects.

Could someone jump in?

Thanks

MBAB123 · Answer

Hey  Baps 
D is wrong for a couple of reasons.
1. Separated "as in the way" is just wrong construction. 
2. Older eaglets might- might what? The sentence is structure is such that you have no action for might. This might work if it were something like this "The younger ones do not separate from their parents, but the older ones might".

Hope this helps!

ravigupta2912 · Answer

Ellipses!

A. in the way that older eaglets might be separated from them -- Nothing wrong grammatically. But butween A and B, B is more concise and expresses the same idea as A. So eliminate A.

B. in the way that older eaglets might be -- Correct. Note that the verb in first part of comparison is "cannot be separated". The second part of the comparison begins with a relative clause "that". We have the subject "older eagles" and the verb "might be". Rest of the part of the comparison is understood as repeated (separated..)

C. such as in the way that older eaglets might be separated -- "such as" is incorrect when comparing two actions. Eliminate.

D. as in the way that older eaglets might -- If we apply ellipses here and repeat the verb from first part of the comparison, we may get "might not be separated" which would distort the meaning of the sentence. Eliminate.

E. as in the way of older eaglets -- Same as D. Eliminate.

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