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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 did during the children's adolescence.
(A) they see their children as they did 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?
(A) they see their children as they did 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?
12 May 2010, 02:25
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Read this one from OG:
Quasars are so distant that their light has taken billions of years to reach the Earth; consequently, we see them as they were during the formation of the universe.
(A) we see them as they were during
(B) we see them as they had been during
(C) we see them as if during
(D) they appear to us as they did in
(E) they appear to us as though in
OE:
A, the best choice, correctly employs the simple past verb tense to describe a past condition. Choice B inappropriately switches to the past perfect (had been); the past perfect properly describes action that is completed prior to some other event described with the simple past tense. Choice C presents a dangling adverbial modifier, as if during ..., that illogically modifies we see. D ambiguously suggests that the quasars appeared to us in the formation of the universe_ that is, as though we were present to view them then. In E, as though in distorts the meaning to suggest that we see the quasars in a hypothetical situation_ that is, that they may not have been involved in the formation of the universe.
Hope this is useful.
Quasars are so distant that their light has taken billions of years to reach the Earth; consequently, we see them as they were during the formation of the universe.
(A) we see them as they were during
(B) we see them as they had been during
(C) we see them as if during
(D) they appear to us as they did in
(E) they appear to us as though in
OE:
A, the best choice, correctly employs the simple past verb tense to describe a past condition. Choice B inappropriately switches to the past perfect (had been); the past perfect properly describes action that is completed prior to some other event described with the simple past tense. Choice C presents a dangling adverbial modifier, as if during ..., that illogically modifies we see. D ambiguously suggests that the quasars appeared to us in the formation of the universe_ that is, as though we were present to view them then. In E, as though in distorts the meaning to suggest that we see the quasars in a hypothetical situation_ that is, that they may not have been involved in the formation of the universe.
Hope this is useful.
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While trying to simulate an OG question, the author has overlooked an important point. The subject of the primary clause in the original OG is the third person plural ‘quasars’, while that of the follow-up sentence is the first person plural ‘we’; hence the pronoun ‘they’ can not refer to 'we' by any stretch of logic and as such there exists no pronoun ambiguity.
But in the simulated example,both the subjects of the first sentence as well the follow- up sentence are in third person plural. That is the reason for the ambiguity of the pronoun 'they'. When creating a simulated example, one must carry the essence of the original example without warping.
A certainly lends itself to pronoun error.
B has tense error, you can not use past perfect without an accompanying simple pest. C 'as if during' is incomplete expression. 'As if' clauses have to be expressed with a subject and verb normally
D and E change the intent from somebody seeing something to something appearing; hence are wrong.
What then is the right choice?
