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According to some linguistic experts, in acquiring language, humans gain the convenience and the expediency of a shared and common lexicon, while losing the holistic view of the world that is one aspect of infancy.
A) in acquiring language, humans gain the convenience and the expediency of a shared and common lexicon, while losing
B) to acquire language, humans gain the convenience and the expediency of a shared and common lexicon, losing
C) in acquiring language, humans gain the convenience and the expediency of a shared and common lexicon, losing
D) for acquiring language, humans who gain the convenience and the expediency of a shared and common lexicon, and losing
E) in acquiring language, humans gain the convenience and the expediency of a shared and common lexicon, and losing
27 Apr 2021, 22:42
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
THE PROMPT
Now, the subtle part—it's not good to lose something, full stop.
Then we think about the tone of words in context.
A "holistic" view of the world gets sacrificed for "convenience" and "expediency."
In other words, losing this holistic worldview is costly, however necessary or inevitable the loss may be.
Consequently, the sentence requires a word such as while.
Otherwise the sentence could give the impression that losing the holistic view is also a beneficial thing.
THE OPTIONS
• the use of while highlights the contrast that is inherent in the sentence.
KEEP
→ The use of to acquire distorts the meaning of the sentence by implying intention when none exists.
• distorted and/or strange meaning: "while" is missing
→ The omission of while or a similar word to show contrast results in a nearly incoherent sentence.
Insert the phrase in order before to acquire, then read the sentence aloud. (No kidding. I do so all the time.)
Because of both errors, the meaning is nonsensical.
ELIMINATE B
→ Just as is the case in option A, the omission of while or a similar contrast word results in a sentence in which it appears that human beings get an even trade. They do not. We need a "while" to suggest that despite the fact that human beings gain something, they lose something valuable.
ELIMINATE C
→ The words for acquiring language and who, as well as the absence of a contrast word, create an incoherent sentence.
Putting aside the issue of who, at best, it sounds as though human beings get two "prizes" for acquiring language): they gain something and they lose something. Nonsense.
• the case of the missing verb
→ Remember these patterns: every relative pronoun (who, which, that) "eats up" a verb.
Every sentence that contains a relative clause (which starts with a relative pronoun) must have at least two working verbs: one for the main subject, and one for the relative pronoun.
→ no working verb exists for humans.
The relative pronoun who "eats up" the working verb gain. No other working verb exists. The second part of the sentence is missing a verb.
• and is not the appropriate word to show contrast
ELIMINATE D
→ gain is not parallel with losing
• no contrast word
→ and does not convey contrast.
The use of and losing does not make any sense
In short, and losing should have been but lose.
• do not use a comma in a compound predicate
If we get really technical, no comma should precede and.
If a subject (humans) is followed by two verbs (gain, lose), almost always, do not put a comma before the conjunction that precedes the second verb phrase.
We do not place a comma between the subject and verb when we deal with one verb.
Wrong: Jeremy, bakes cookies.
Correct: Jeremy bakes cookies.
WRong: Jeremy bakes cookies, and sells them. (Jeremy does two things. We do not separate the subject from the verb in the first verb phrase and almost always should not do so in the second verb phrase.)
Correct: Jeremy bakes cookies and sells them.
ELIMINATE E
The correct answer is A.
COMMENTS
Iamprithwish , welcome to SC Butler.
If I were an aspirant, I would read the whole thread.
The answers are both very good and quite varied in their phrasing.
You will see how varied explanatory approaches make concepts easier to understand.
In case we have newcomers or shy people: all aspirants have a standing invitation to post.
Start somewhere.
Nice work, everyone.
Project SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC1)
THE PROMPT
Quote:
The sentence sets up a contrast: when human beings acquire language, they gain something, but they also lose something.
Now, the subtle part—it's not good to lose something, full stop.
Then we think about the tone of words in context.
A "holistic" view of the world gets sacrificed for "convenience" and "expediency."
In other words, losing this holistic worldview is costly, however necessary or inevitable the loss may be.
Consequently, the sentence requires a word such as while.
Otherwise the sentence could give the impression that losing the holistic view is also a beneficial thing.
THE OPTIONS
Quote:
• I do not see any errors
• the use of while highlights the contrast that is inherent in the sentence.
KEEP
Quote:
• distorted meaning: "to acquire"
→ The use of to acquire distorts the meaning of the sentence by implying intention when none exists.
• distorted and/or strange meaning: "while" is missing
→ The omission of while or a similar word to show contrast results in a nearly incoherent sentence.
Insert the phrase in order before to acquire, then read the sentence aloud. (No kidding. I do so all the time.)
Because of both errors, the meaning is nonsensical.
ELIMINATE B
Quote:
• wrong meaning
→ Just as is the case in option A, the omission of while or a similar contrast word results in a sentence in which it appears that human beings get an even trade. They do not. We need a "while" to suggest that despite the fact that human beings gain something, they lose something valuable.
ELIMINATE C
Quote:
• nonsensical
→ The words for acquiring language and who, as well as the absence of a contrast word, create an incoherent sentence.
Putting aside the issue of who, at best, it sounds as though human beings get two "prizes" for acquiring language): they gain something and they lose something. Nonsense.
• the case of the missing verb
→ Remember these patterns: every relative pronoun (who, which, that) "eats up" a verb.
Every sentence that contains a relative clause (which starts with a relative pronoun) must have at least two working verbs: one for the main subject, and one for the relative pronoun.
→ no working verb exists for humans.
The relative pronoun who "eats up" the working verb gain. No other working verb exists. The second part of the sentence is missing a verb.
• and is not the appropriate word to show contrast
ELIMINATE D
Quote:
• not parallel
→ gain is not parallel with losing
• no contrast word
→ and does not convey contrast.
The use of and losing does not make any sense
In short, and losing should have been but lose.
• do not use a comma in a compound predicate
If we get really technical, no comma should precede and.
If a subject (humans) is followed by two verbs (gain, lose), almost always, do not put a comma before the conjunction that precedes the second verb phrase.
We do not place a comma between the subject and verb when we deal with one verb.
Wrong: Jeremy, bakes cookies.
Correct: Jeremy bakes cookies.
WRong: Jeremy bakes cookies, and sells them. (Jeremy does two things. We do not separate the subject from the verb in the first verb phrase and almost always should not do so in the second verb phrase.)
Correct: Jeremy bakes cookies and sells them.
ELIMINATE E
The correct answer is A.
COMMENTS
Iamprithwish , welcome to SC Butler.
If I were an aspirant, I would read the whole thread.
The answers are both very good and quite varied in their phrasing.
You will see how varied explanatory approaches make concepts easier to understand.
In case we have newcomers or shy people: all aspirants have a standing invitation to post.
Start somewhere.
Nice work, everyone.
27 Apr 2021, 22:58
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According to some linguistic experts, in acquiring language, humans gain the convenience and the expediency of a shared and common lexicon, while losing the holistic view of the world that is one aspect of infancy.
A) in acquiring language, humans gain the convenience and the expediency of a shared and common lexicon, while losing
Modifier modifies the action appropriately and parallelism is maintained
B) to acquire language, humans gain the convenience and the expediency of a shared and common lexicon, losing
To verb is not appropriate here also Verb ing is not gametically correct to use
C) in acquiring language, humans gain the convenience and the expediency of a shared and common lexicon, losing
D) for acquiring language, humans who gain the convenience and the expediency of a shared and common lexicon, and losing
For acquiring is wrong + No verb
E) in acquiring language, humans gain the convenience and the expediency of a shared and common lexicon, and losing
and is wrongly used and parallelism is disturbed
and as a connector connects two ICs
A is the right answer IMO
A) in acquiring language, humans gain the convenience and the expediency of a shared and common lexicon, while losing
Modifier modifies the action appropriately and parallelism is maintained
B) to acquire language, humans gain the convenience and the expediency of a shared and common lexicon, losing
To verb is not appropriate here also Verb ing is not gametically correct to use
C) in acquiring language, humans gain the convenience and the expediency of a shared and common lexicon, losing
D) for acquiring language, humans who gain the convenience and the expediency of a shared and common lexicon, and losing
For acquiring is wrong + No verb
E) in acquiring language, humans gain the convenience and the expediency of a shared and common lexicon, and losing
and is wrongly used and parallelism is disturbed
and as a connector connects two ICs
A is the right answer IMO
