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It is known that when neurons activate, we say that they "fire", and they pass on a signal to other neurons.
A) we say that they "fire", and
B) which we say they "fire", and
C) called "firing", and
D) referred to as "firing",
E) which we call firing, and



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Re: It is known that when neurons activate, we say that they [#permalink] New post   13 Apr 2010, 09:42
IMO "D".

What is the source of the question???
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Re: It is known that when neurons activate, we say that they [#permalink] New post   13 Apr 2010, 10:01
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It is known that when neurons activate, we say that they "fire", and they pass on a signal to other neurons.

Here when ...statement is not complete if we have 'and'.

It is known that when neurons activate, referred to as "firing", they pass on a signal to other neurons. --> is the correct one. Answer is D.
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Re: It is known that when neurons activate, we say that they [#permalink] New post   13 Apr 2010, 11:03
I was confused between (A) and (D) but picked (D).

What is the OA?

also, would like to know the reasoning for (A) to be wrong.
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Re: It is known that when neurons activate, we say that they [#permalink] New post   13 Apr 2010, 11:21
seekmba wrote:
I was confused between (A) and (D) but picked (D).

What is the OA?

also, would like to know the reasoning for (A) to be wrong.


Not A because take out the material in between the commas and you get an awkward sentence.

It is known that when neurons activate and they pass on a signal to other neurons.
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Re: It is known that when neurons activate, we say that they [#permalink] New post   14 Apr 2010, 14:59
I'll also go with D.

A looks awkward.
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Re: It is known that when neurons activate, we say that they [#permalink] New post   20 May 2010, 23:59
OA is D.
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Re: It is known that when neurons activate, we say that they [#permalink] New post   21 May 2010, 03:41
[quote="ykaiim"]It is known that when neurons activate, we say that they "fire", and they pass on a signal to other neurons.
A) we say that they "fire", and no need for the second they
B) which we say they "fire", and no need for the second they
C) called "firing", and no need for and - changing the meaning
D) referred to as "firing", correct
E) which we call firing, and no need for and - changing the meaning
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Re: It is known that when neurons activate, we say that they [#permalink] New post   03 Sep 2010, 06:09
Nice explanation :)
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Re: It is known that when neurons activate, we say that they [#permalink] New post   03 Sep 2010, 10:24
ykaiim wrote:
It is known that when neurons activate, we say that they "fire", and they pass on a signal to other neurons.
A) we say that they "fire", and
B) which we say they "fire", and
C) called "firing", and
D) referred to as "firing",
E) which we call firing, and


if i ignore the text within commas ( ,
It is known that when neurons activate they pass on a signal to other neurons. sentence is complete and henece and is not required . So I narrow down to C and D.....Dont know why but called firing does not seem to fit in .... and hence I pick D ( I reckon infinitive is required here. as it is preceded by a comma . had this been preceded by a colon : then I would have picked C ) ....

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Re: It is known that when neurons activate, we say that they [#permalink] New post   03 Sep 2010, 11:11
Answer is D straight away....!!!!



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