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Though there are some exceptions, most adult Olympic athletes are hardly neophytes at the sports in which they compete; they likely enjoyed the same activities as a child.
A. they likely enjoyed the same activities as a child.
B. they enjoyed the same activities as a child.
C. they likely enjoyed the same activities as children.
D. he or she likely enjoyed the same activities as a child.
E. he or she likely enjoyed the same activities as children.
A. they likely enjoyed the same activities as a child.
B. they enjoyed the same activities as a child.
C. they likely enjoyed the same activities as children.
D. he or she likely enjoyed the same activities as a child.
E. he or she likely enjoyed the same activities as children.
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Though there are some exceptions, most adult Olympic athletes are hardly neophytes at the sports in which they compete; they likely enjoyed the same activities as a child.
A. they likely enjoyed the same activities as a child.
B. they enjoyed the same activities as a child.
C. they likely enjoyed the same activities as children.
D. he or she likely enjoyed the same activities as a child.
E. he or she likely enjoyed the same activities as children.
This question concerns correct agreement between pronouns and antecedents. In this sentence the plural adult Olympic athletes in the sentence's first clause indicates that the pronoun in the second clause should be the plural they. For the same reason plural children should be used to complement the plural they.
The use of “as” is alright - there are various usages of “as”, of which one is to mean “in the stage of being”: “As a child I enjoyed playing football” - here “as a child” is used to mean “in the stage of being a child”.
A. The plural pronoun they does not show agreement with the singular child.
B. Though this version is more concise than (A), it displays the same grammatical problem: the plural pronoun they does not show agreement with the singular child.
C. CORRECT. The plural pronoun they correctly agrees with the plural children in the second clause, as well as with the plural antecedent adult Olympic athletes in the first clause.
D. The pronouns he and she are both singular and do not agree with the plural antecedent adult Olympic athletes in the first clause.
E. The pronouns he and she are both singular and do not agree with the plural children in the second clause.
Answer: C
Though there are some exceptions, most adult Olympic athletes are hardly neophytes at the sports in which they compete; they likely enjoyed the same activities as a child.
A. they likely enjoyed the same activities as a child.
B. they enjoyed the same activities as a child.
C. they likely enjoyed the same activities as children.
D. he or she likely enjoyed the same activities as a child.
E. he or she likely enjoyed the same activities as children.
This question concerns correct agreement between pronouns and antecedents. In this sentence the plural adult Olympic athletes in the sentence's first clause indicates that the pronoun in the second clause should be the plural they. For the same reason plural children should be used to complement the plural they.
The use of “as” is alright - there are various usages of “as”, of which one is to mean “in the stage of being”: “As a child I enjoyed playing football” - here “as a child” is used to mean “in the stage of being a child”.
A. The plural pronoun they does not show agreement with the singular child.
B. Though this version is more concise than (A), it displays the same grammatical problem: the plural pronoun they does not show agreement with the singular child.
C. CORRECT. The plural pronoun they correctly agrees with the plural children in the second clause, as well as with the plural antecedent adult Olympic athletes in the first clause.
D. The pronouns he and she are both singular and do not agree with the plural antecedent adult Olympic athletes in the first clause.
E. The pronouns he and she are both singular and do not agree with the plural children in the second clause.
Answer: C
