TimeForFalling wrote:
asthanap wrote:
Some parents have a very difficult time coming to grips with the fact that their offspring have become adults; consequently,
they see their children as they were during their adolescence.
(A) they see their children as they were during
(B) they see their children as they had been during
(C) they see their children as if during
(D) their children appear to them as they did in
(E) their children appear to them as though in
Which is the right option?
Why wouldn't the pronoun "they" refer to the parents in this context?
B is in present perfect, and implies that there is a past state that could persist into the future, right?
C isn't right, since "as" is used to compare actions or processes and "like" would fit better.
D changes the verb to "appear" which alters the intended context of the sentence.
E is incorrect for the same reasons like D
A is the correct answer, since it is in the simple past and shows that the children were adolescents for a specified period of time.
Help me please with feedback... I'm trying to figure out why A is correct.
A semicolon can stand in for a conjunction that joins two complete sentences.
When you see a troublesome semicolon in a sentence, try replacing it with a conjunction such as "and" and see if if it makes sense.
Some parents have a very difficult time coming to grips with the fact that their offspring have become adults,
and consequently, they see their children as they were during their adolescence.
the second "they"
could refer to parents, however it doesn't make sense from the first part of the sentence.
The first part of the sentence establishes:
1. The children of the parents are now adults
2. The parents have a hard time accepting the fact that their children are now adults
Therefore:
The parents still see their adult children as they (offspring) were during their (the offsprings') adolescence.Try it with the 2nd they referring to the parents:
The parents still see their adult children as the parents themselves were during the parent's own adolescence.This doesn't make sense.. during your own childhood you wouldn't fret about accepting your future children as adults when you grow old.