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05 Dec 2023, 02:30
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Studies at U.C.L.A. show that children who grow up in homes with restrictive food rules, where a parent is constantly dieting or desirable foods are forbidden or placed out of reach and often develop stronger reactions to food and want more of them when the opportunity presents itself.
A. reach and often develop stronger reactions to food and want more of them
B. reach, often develop stronger reactions to food and want more of it
C. reach, often develop stronger reactions to food, wanting more of them
D. reach, often developing stronger reactions to food and wanting more of it
E. reach, often developing stronger reactions to food and want more of it
A. reach and often develop stronger reactions to food and want more of them
B. reach, often develop stronger reactions to food and want more of it
C. reach, often develop stronger reactions to food, wanting more of them
D. reach, often developing stronger reactions to food and wanting more of it
E. reach, often developing stronger reactions to food and want more of it
11 Dec 2023, 07:38
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The answer is B.
A. reach and often develop stronger reactions to food and want more of them.
Issue: Lacks parallelism; "want more of them" is awkward and unclear.
B. reach, often develop stronger reactions to food and want more of it.
Correct Choice: Maintains parallelism; "want more of it" is concise and clearer than "want more of them."
C. reach, often develop stronger reactions to food, wanting more of them.
Issue: Awkward phrasing; lacks parallelism.
D. reach, often developing stronger reactions to food and wanting more of it.
Issue: While maintaining parallelism, "developing" changes the tense and disrupts the parallel structure.
E. reach, often developing stronger reactions to food and want more of it.
Issue: Inconsistent verb forms; lacks parallelism.
In summary, option B stands out as the correct choice because it maintains parallelism and offers clear and concise phrasing with "want more of it," which is preferable over the potentially ambiguous "want more of them" or the tense inconsistency in other options.
A. reach and often develop stronger reactions to food and want more of them.
Issue: Lacks parallelism; "want more of them" is awkward and unclear.
B. reach, often develop stronger reactions to food and want more of it.
Correct Choice: Maintains parallelism; "want more of it" is concise and clearer than "want more of them."
C. reach, often develop stronger reactions to food, wanting more of them.
Issue: Awkward phrasing; lacks parallelism.
D. reach, often developing stronger reactions to food and wanting more of it.
Issue: While maintaining parallelism, "developing" changes the tense and disrupts the parallel structure.
E. reach, often developing stronger reactions to food and want more of it.
Issue: Inconsistent verb forms; lacks parallelism.
In summary, option B stands out as the correct choice because it maintains parallelism and offers clear and concise phrasing with "want more of it," which is preferable over the potentially ambiguous "want more of them" or the tense inconsistency in other options.
06 Jan 2024, 06:00
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Bunuel
VERITAS PREP OFFICIAL SOLUTION:
In complex sentences such as this, it is always advisable to slash-and-burn in order to see the core elements of the sentence. Everything from “where” to “reach” is a modifying clause that you should take out with slash and burn. Also the relative clause “who grow up in homes with restrictive food rules” should be removed. With that done the sentence is really: “Studies show that children…often develop.” Answer must be (B) or (C) because you need a comma after reach and you cannot say “Studies show that children…often developing” (C) contains a gross pronoun error with “them” so you are left to choose (B), which contains the proper structures and no pronoun error. Answer is (B).
