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What is wrong with D.
I rejected E as it stated "neuron growth in canaries that sing", which seems to alter the meaning.


souvik101990 please suggest.



Hello ankursethi297,

I would be glad to help you with this query. :)

Let's take a look at Choice D: the brain growth in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or the increase in canaries' neurons when they

The pronoun they in this choice grammatically refers to neurons, suggesting that the neurons learn new songs. Logically, they must refer to canaries'. But because canaries' appears in this choice in possessive form, the non-possessive pronoun they cannot refer to the possessive noun canaries' because possessive nouns act as an adjective.

Also, this choice seems to suggest that the brain growth in mice is placed in a stimulating environment. This meaning is certainly illogical.


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Recently documentedc, the production of new brain cells, include the brain growing in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or neurons increasing in canaries that learn new songs.

A. the brain growing in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or neurons increasing in canaries that
B. mice whose brains grow when they are placed in a stimulating environment or canaries whose neurons increase when they
C. mice's brains that grow when they are placed in a stimulating environment or canaries' neurons that increase when they
D. the brain growth in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or the increase in canaries' neurons when they
E. brain growth in mice that are placed in a stimulating environment or an increase in neurons in canaries that

Why not b?


A. the brain growing in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or neurons increasing in canaries that
Incorrect

B. mice whose brains grow when they are placed in a stimulating environment or canaries whose neurons increase when they
Mice or brains? Could be clearer so we'll put "maybe" if there's no better answer.

C. mice's brains that grow when they are placed in a stimulating environment or canaries' neurons that increase when they
Neurons don't learn new songs

D. the brain growth in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or the increase in canaries' neurons when they
Same as C

E. brain growth in mice that are placed in a stimulating environment or an increase in neurons in canaries that
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I got this wrong. But, after that I find the use of WHEN is incorrect in all the first four options. Will it be deterministic error or can we really eliminate all 4 on the basis of wrong use of WHEN.
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I got this wrong. But, after that I find the use of WHEN is incorrect in all the first four options. Will it be deterministic error or can we really eliminate all 4 on the basis of wrong use of WHEN.


No, a wrong answer cannot be eliminated because of use of "when".

Option D is eliminated not because "when" is used, but because parallelism is lost.

In option D, "when placed in a stimulating environment" comprises of a participle ("placed"), whereas "when they learn new songs" comprises of a clause. D would be better if the last part were as follows: "when learning new songs" (participle instead of clause.)

Moreover "increase in Neurons IN CANARIES" in E (rather than "increase in canaries' neurons)" in D goes better with "brain growth IN MICE"

Another problem with D is that the subject pronoun "they" refers to the possessive antecedent "canaries' "
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