Psycholinguists know that a child produces speech by imitating adults,

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Psycholinguists know that a child produces speech  by imitating adults, but they do not know how he learns to distinguish significantly different phonemes or  how he comes to ignore meaningless variations among speech sounds.

A) by imitating adults, but they do not know how he learns to distinguish significantly different phonemes or 
B) by imitating adults, but they do not know either how he learns to distinguish significantly different phonemes nor 
C) through the imitation of adults, but they neither know he learns to distinguish significantly different phonemes nor
D) through the imitation of adults, but they do not know either how he learns to distinguish significantly different phonemes nor 
E) by imitating adults, but they do not know how he learns to distinguish significantly different phonemes nor

Sherlockgun · Answer

B - either... Nor.. is incorrect
C - parallelism error. "Neither he.. nor how"
D - same as B 
E - ..nor.. becomes double negate, which is incorrect.

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abhimahna · Answer

Either or is the right construction.

Neither X nor Y should have X and Y ||

A) by imitating adults, but they do not know how he learns to distinguish significantly different phonemes or

B) by imitating adults, but they do not know  either  how he learns to distinguish significantly different phonemes  nor

C) through the imitation of adults, but they neither  know he learns to distinguish significantly different phonemes  nor

D) through the imitation of adults, but they do not know  either  how he learns to distinguish significantly different phonemes  nor

E) by imitating adults, but they do not know how he learns to distinguish significantly different phonemes  nor

shiva007 · Answer

A)  by  imitating adults, but they do not know how he learns to distinguish significantly different phonemes  or  
B) by imitating adults, but they do not know  either  how he learns to distinguish significantly different phonemes  nor  (either...or is correct usage)
C)  through  the imitation of adults, but they neither know he learns to distinguish significantly different phonemes nor (change of meaning by usage of word - through)
D)  through  the imitation of adults, but they do not know  either  how he learns to distinguish significantly different phonemes  nor  (same as C and B)
E) by imitating adults, but they do not know how he learns to distinguish significantly different phonemes  nor

A is the correct option (by POE)

Bunuel · Answer

KAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:

This choice illustrates the importance of knowing your idioms, and of working strategically. Scan the answer choices quickly to zero in on the significant differences, which all occur around  or . This lets you eliminate all choices but (A) for their incorrect usage. You can't say either...nor in (B) and (D), or neither...or, in (C). Choice (E)'s out as well. Think of it this way: You would say, "They do not know X or Y," not "They do not know X nor Y."

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