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It was surprising that the scientists who had been sick as children [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 10 Jun 2019, 10:59
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It was surprising that the scientists who had been sick as children adapted better than those with a record of good health.

(A) had been sick as children adapted better than those with a record of good health.
(B) had been sickly as children adapted better than those with a record of good health.
(C) had been sickly as children adapted better than those who were healthy.
(D) had been sickly as children adapted worse than those with a record of good health.
(E) had been sick as children adapted better than those who were healthy.



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It was surprising that the scientists who had been sick as children [#permalink] New post   10 Jun 2019, 11:22
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first split: (worse -vs- better):
if it was "worse", there would not be any surprise ---> D eliminated.

second split: (sick -vs- sickly):
both are adjectives, but sickly means "often sick".
"Sickly" slightly seems to be the intended meaning because it is discussing a long period of time "childhood" --> A & E eliminated

third split: (who were -vs- with a record):
whether being sickly or healthy should be at the same tense.
Using "had been sickly" with "were healthy" infers that one happened before the other. so "were" is not correct.
Using "with a record" escaped this problem ---> C eliminated

so B remained.
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Re: It was surprising that the scientists who had been sick as children [#permalink] New post   10 Jun 2019, 11:09
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Noshad wrote:
ekawali wrote:
It was surprising that the scientists who had been sick as children adapted better than those with a record of good health.

(A) had been sick as children adapted better than those with a record of good health.
(B) had been sickly as children adapted better than those with a record of good health.
(C) had been sickly as children adapted better than those who were healthy.
(D) had been sickly as children adapted worse than those with a record of good health.
(E) had been sick as children adapted better than those who were healthy.


Can you provide OE of this questions



The trick of the question lies in knowing the difference between sick and sickly. 'Sick' signifies a trait of being tired of something. However the intention of the question is to convey ill nature among scientists, hence 'Sickly' is used. Also E couldn't be the answer because of 'who' which is ambiguous.

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Re: It was surprising that the scientists who had been sick as children [#permalink] New post   10 Jun 2019, 08:10
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It was surprising that the scientists who had been sick as children adapted better than those with a record of good health.

(A) had been sick as children adapted better than those with a record of good health.
(B) had been sickly as children adapted better than those with a record of good health.
(C) had been sickly as children adapted better than those who were healthy.
(D) had been sickly as children adapted worse than those with a record of good health.
(E) had been sick as children adapted better than those who were healthy.


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Re: It was surprising that the scientists who had been sick as children [#permalink] New post   10 Jun 2019, 09:15
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It was surprising that the scientists who had been sick as children adapted better than those with a record of good health.

(A) had been sick as children adapted better than those with a record of good health.
(B) had been sickly as children adapted better than those with a record of good health.
(C) had been sickly as children adapted better than those who were healthy.
(D) had been sickly as children adapted worse than those with a record of good health.
(E) had been sick as children adapted better than those who were healthy.


Can you provide OE of this questions
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Re: It was surprising that the scientists who had been sick as children [#permalink] New post   10 Jun 2019, 09:25
Can someone explain why E is not the answer?

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Re: It was surprising that the scientists who had been sick as children [#permalink] New post   10 Jun 2019, 10:49
Can anyone please explain why this is B instead of E?
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Re: It was surprising that the scientists who had been sick as children [#permalink] New post   10 May 2020, 08:14
I have a theory

the split between 'who were healthy' and 'those with better record' can be explained by focusing on the tense 'were'.
'were' cannot be parallel to adapted;it should be parallel to 'sickly' to match the timeline.
Hence usage of 'were' is wrong.

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Re: It was surprising that the scientists who had been sick as children [#permalink] New post   01 Aug 2021, 09:43
(A) had been sick as children adapted better than those with a record of good health.
Sick isn't the right usage as it's just used to identify a trait

(B) had been sickly as children adapted better than those with a record of good health.
This nails the reasoning and the tense let us hang on to iy

(C) had been sickly as children adapted better than those who were healthy.
who isn't right usage it provides ambigous meaning

(D) had been sickly as children adapted worse than those with a record of good health.
better should be the right usage not the other way round this completely twists the meaning

(E) had been sick as children adapted better than those who were healthy
Similar reasoning as C
Hence IMO B
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