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Physical exercise, proven to intensify the effects of helpful brain chemicals, is especially critical in enhancing cognitive abilities because it improves brain's ability to adapt and change, allowing one to learn new information, and improve memory even in old age.

A. is especially critical in enhancing cognitive abilities because it improves brain's ability to adapt and change, allowing one
B. is especially critical in enhancing cognitive abilities because of improving brain's ability to adapt and change, allowing one
C. is especially critical in enhancing cognitive abilities because it improves ability of one's brain to adapt and change, allowing him
D. is specially critical in enhancement of cognitive abilities because it improves brain's ability in adapting and changing, allowing one
E. is specially critical in enhancing cognitive abilities because of improving brain's ability to adapt and change, allowing one

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Re: Physical exercise, proven to intensify the effects of helpful brain ch [#permalink] New post   07 Apr 2018, 07:34
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A is perfact....bacause is prefered over because of and ability to is correct idiom...

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Re: Physical exercise, proven to intensify the effects of helpful brain ch [#permalink] New post   07 Apr 2018, 23:22
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Physical exercise, proven to intensify the effects of helpful brain chemicals, is especially critical in enhancing cognitive abilities because it improves brain's ability to adapt and change, allowing one to learn new information, and improve memory even in old age.

A. is especially critical in enhancing cognitive abilities because it improves brain's ability to adapt and change, allowing one
B. is especially critical in enhancing cognitive abilities because of improving brain's ability to adapt and change, allowing one
C. is especially critical in enhancing cognitive abilities because it improves ability of one's brain to adapt and change, allowing him
D. is specially critical in enhancement of cognitive abilities because it improves brain's ability in adapting and changing, allowing one
E. is specially critical in enhancing cognitive abilities because of improving brain's ability to adapt and change, allowing one

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between A and C I will go for A because in C one's - his. (There is no antecedent for his)
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Re: Physical exercise, proven to intensify the effects of helpful brain ch [#permalink] New post   08 Apr 2018, 00:47
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Physical exercise, proven to intensify the effects of helpful brain chemicals, is especially critical in enhancing cognitive abilities because it improves brain's ability to adapt and change, allowing one to learn new information, and improve memory even in old age.

A. is especially critical in enhancing cognitive abilities because it improves brain's ability to adapt and change, allowing one
B. is especially critical in enhancing cognitive abilities because of improving brain's ability to adapt and change, allowing one
C. is especially critical in enhancing cognitive abilities because it improves ability of one's brain to adapt and change, allowing him
D. is specially critical in enhancement of cognitive abilities because it improves brain's ability in adapting and changing, allowing one
E. is specially critical in enhancing cognitive abilities because of improving brain's ability to adapt and change, allowing one

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I go with A

C is wrong because of "allowing him" and D is wrong because of the idiom "ability to". Among the other options, I think that because is better than because of in this sentence
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Re: Physical exercise, proven to intensify the effects of helpful brain ch [#permalink] New post   08 Apr 2018, 01:45
'Ability to' is the correct Idiom: C and D are wrong

'Because of Improving' is idiomatically incorrect: B and E are wrong.

Ans A

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Physical exercise, proven to intensify the effects of helpful brain ch [#permalink] New post   09 Apr 2018, 20:12
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Physical exercise, proven to intensify the effects of helpful brain chemicals, is especially critical in enhancing cognitive abilities because it improves brain's ability to adapt and change, allowing one to learn new information, and improve memory even in old age.

A. is especially critical in enhancing cognitive abilities because it improves brain's ability to adapt and change, allowing one -- best option as per me.
B. is especially critical in enhancing cognitive abilities because of improving brain's ability to adapt and change, allowing one --what is improving brain's ability ?
C. is especially critical in enhancing cognitive abilities because it improves ability of one's brain to adapt and change, allowing him -- allowing him but not allowing her :) funny. "Ability of" is incorrect idiom.
D. is specially critical in enhancement of cognitive abilities because it improves brain's ability in adapting and changing, allowing one -- "ability in" is incorrect idiom
E. is specially critical in enhancing cognitive abilities because of improving brain's ability to adapt and change, allowing one -- Again what is or who is improving brain's ability ?

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I remember i did some SC OG question, which had split between especially and specially. I think option with "especially" was correct in that SC problem. Can anyone tell me what is the difference between especially and specially.
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Re: Physical exercise, proven to intensify the effects of helpful brain ch [#permalink] New post   02 Sep 2018, 08:01
Can someone please explain the different usage of "Especially" and "Specially"
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Physical exercise, proven to intensify the effects of helpful brain ch [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 24 May 2021, 21:15
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Can someone please explain the different usage of "Especially" and "Specially"


"Especially" is generally the preferred adverb; you will probably never see "specially" winning over "especially".

"Special" is the preferred adjective.

In other words,
"special" is preferred for the "adjective" usage and "especially" is preferred (over especially) for the "adverb" usage.

However, GMAT will not test you on only this rule; there would be other, meaty concepts involved, as is the case with this question.

Here is the video explanation for this problem-



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Re: Physical exercise, proven to intensify the effects of helpful brain ch [#permalink] New post   22 May 2021, 21:05
My doubt is about non-underlined portion -- , and improve....why not improves..??

it improves...,and improve???
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Re: Physical exercise, proven to intensify the effects of helpful brain ch [#permalink] New post   22 May 2021, 21:44
ANSWER CHOICE ANALYSIS -

A) CORRECT
B) 'because of' is used to give the effect - the criticality of cognitive abilities does not cause improvement in brain's ability
C) If 'one' is used in the sentence, 'him' can't be used
D) 'especially' and 'specially' mean the same - so no error, 'in adapting' - wrong
E) Same as B
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Re: Physical exercise, proven to intensify the effects of helpful brain ch [#permalink] New post   15 Jun 2021, 02:51
himanshubhardwaj

It is because, "improve" & "learn" are not standalone verbs. They are showing the intent "to+verb", which again is a part of the result, of a previous action.
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Re: Physical exercise, proven to intensify the effects of helpful brain ch [#permalink] New post   15 Jun 2021, 03:12
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Physical exercise, proven to intensify the effects of helpful brain chemicals, is especially critical in enhancing cognitive abilities because it improves brain's ability to adapt and change, allowing one to learn new information, and improve memory even in old age.


The above is the "OA", and it's not in English (it needs to say "the brain", and the last comma needs to be deleted, among other issues). There is not a good answer among the choices.

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Re: Physical exercise, proven to intensify the effects of helpful brain ch [#permalink] New post   18 Oct 2021, 11:27
in A which noun is modified by the pronoun "one"

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