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Kleine-Levin syndrome, a rare neurological disorder primarily affecting adolescents, is characterized by cyclical episodes of extreme lethargy, heightened irritability, and appearing confused.


A. appearing confused

B. they appear confused

C. may be confused

D. apparent confusion

E. had been confused
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Kleine-Levin syndrome, a rare neurological disorder primarily affecting adolescents, is characterized by cyclical episodes of extreme lethargy, heightened irritability, and appearing confused.


A. appearing confused

B. they appear confused

C. may be confused

D. apparent confusion --> Correct list of parallel entities

E. had been confused

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Kleine-Levin syndrome, a rare neurological disorder primarily affectin 13 Jul 2018, 04:09
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Kleine-Levin syndrome, a rare neurological disorder primarily affecting adolescents, is characterized by cyclical episodes of extreme lethargy, heightened irritability, and appearing confused.


A. appearing confused ..........it must be apparent

B. they appear confused .......................clause

C. may be confused ............................. clause

D. apparent confusion ...............................Correct answer.

E. had been confused
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This question is designed based on Parallelism. Thus , compared things have to be equal in unit. we need phrase here.
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Kleine-Levin syndrome, a rare neurological disorder primarily affectin 13 Jul 2018, 04:47
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Kleine-Levin syndrome, a rare neurological disorder primarily affecting adolescents, is characterized by cyclical episodes of extreme lethargy, heightened irritability, and appearing confused.


A. appearing confused

B. they appear confused

C. may be confused

D. apparent confusion --> correct parallelism with "extreme lethargy & heightened irritability "

E. had been confused
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Kleine-Levin syndrome, a rare neurological disorder primarily affecting adolescents, is characterized by cyclical episodes of extreme lethargy, heightened irritability, and appearing confused.


A. appearing confused

B. they appear confused

C. may be confused

D. apparent confusion

E. had been confused
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Considering parallel structure, D is the best answer as all the elements are nouns(with adjectives).
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Kleine-Levin syndrome, a rare neurological disorder primarily affectin 21 Aug 2018, 12:24
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Kleine-Levin syndrome, a rare neurological disorder primarily affecting adolescents, is characterized by cyclical episodes of extreme lethargy, heightened irritability, and appearing confused.


A. appearing confused

B. they appear confused

C. may be confused

D. apparent confusion

E. had been confused
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Must be (D) as a list is presented -

Kleine-Levin syndrome, a rare neurological disorder primarily affecting adolescents, is characterized by
    cyclical episodes of extreme lethargy,
    heightened irritability, and
    apparent confusion
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