Recent interdisciplinary studies advance the argument that emotions

In choice
(B) private, are social phenomena that are inseparable

Shoudn't we use 'is' for social phenomena?

Can anyone clear this doubt?

Believe it or nor, phenomena is plural!

Singular is phenomenon.

As per my understanding, there can be two possible meaning of this sentence:

1) Emotions are a social phenomena, and it is inseparable from bodily response.
(Here, we are clearly talking about emotions being a social phenomena as well as indifferent from bodily response.)

2) Emotions are a social phenomena that is inseparable from bodily response.
(Here, it says that emotions are a social phenomena. Social phenomena that are inseparable from bodily response.)
At first, we are only talking about emotions, whereas, in the second part, we are adding information about social phenomena using 'that' before it.



If the intended meaning was the second sentence, then option B was absolutely correct. But if the intended meaning was the first sentence, the option B does not sound accurate. I got confused because I found B correct but I did not understand the meaning of this sentence logically. I chose B instinctively within 40 seconds. What is the core of this sentence out of the above two sentences I mentioned?

Hello kadamhari825,

This is in response to your PM.

You asked: hello expert,

in option B 'that 'is referring immediate noun social phenomena and it does not make any sense . Am i correct in reasoning? please correct me IF I AM WORONG.

Thnaks

I am afraid to say that you are wrong. Choice B is the correct answer. There is nothing incorrect about this choice. In this choice, the noun modifier "that" does refer to the preceding noun "social phenomena". This modification is correct because according to the sentence, emotions = social phenomena. So, technically, "emotions" are inseparable from bodily response.


Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Shraddha

Hi Kritisood not an expert but the two cases of "that" you refered play different function.
1. That table over the corner costs $500 - That here is demonstrattive adjective
2. The Juice that doesnot contains added preservatives tastes liike water (Just saying) - That here is relative pronoun and introduces a relative clause

egmat

Regarding option D, are there any other issues apart from the dash?

If we replace the dash with a comma, will option d be correct? Or is there still an issue with the part after but
i.e. "but not separable" vs "but are not separable" (is 'are' implied in the former?)

Recent interdisciplinary studies advance the argument that emotions, including those deemed personal or private, are social phenomena but not separable

Here,
",including those deemed personal or private" is a modifier, so need to end it with ","
(A), (C), (D) are eliminated (in D, the start is with "," and the end is with "-") - incorrect
In (E) its parallelism error "deemed personal or also as private emotions...." - incorrect

Therefore answer: (B)

if we use "but" in choice d, the meaning is that social phenomena are normally separable. this meaning is not logical. we dont need any contrast inhere. we need to identify a subset of the social phenamena and use relative clause.

In option B, what is 'that' referring to. Isn't 'that' referring to social phenomenon

Hello vidyasagar151,

We hope this finds you well.

Having gone through the question and your query, we believe we can resolve your doubt.

In this sentence "that" does, indeed, refer to "social phenomenon".

We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team

Could you explain what does that are inseparable modify? At first I thought it was incorrectly modifying phenomena.

KarishmaB

What's the meaning of this sentence?

Emotions are social phenomena that are inseparable from bodily response.
Emotions are inseparable or phenomena are inseparable?

Thank you in advance!

'that are inseparable from bodily response' is an essential modifier for 'social phenomena.'
The sentence tells us that 'emotions' are a kind of 'social phenomena.' What kind of social phenomena? Social phenomena that are inseparable from bodily response. So likely there are some social phenomena that are separable from bodily response but emotions are the social phenomena that are inseparable.

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