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Recent psychological studies indicate that if children associate with and play with other children, they will experience fewer psychological problems and develop quicker socially than children that lead relatively isolated lives.

(A) play with other children, they will experience fewer psychological problems and develop quicker socially than
(B) play with other children, they experience fewer psychological problems and develop quicker socially than do
(C) played with other children, they experienced fewer psychological problems and develop quicker socially than will
(D) play with other children, they will experience fewer psychological problems and develop more quickly socially than do
(E) played with other children, they have experienced fewer psychological problems and have developed more quickly socially than do

Answer : Should be (D) if children associate with and play with other children ( present tense ), they will experience fewer psychological problems and develop more quickly socially than do ( future tense )
A.

D is wrong: you can't have two tenses (future and present) in the same part of the sentence.
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If D is wrong because it has both present and future tense so does A also have,so A should also be wrong.

IMO B because it has present tense in both parts of the sentence and i think the construction 'than do' is correct as

it is not similar to

X is taller than Y

it is like

X experiences fewer psychological problems.............................than Y do
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Even I dont find any problem with B......

I think the construction of the sentence requires "do"
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Recent psychological studies indicate that if children associate with and play with other children, they will experience fewer psychological problems and develop quicker socially than children that lead relatively isolated lives.

(A) play with other children, they will experience fewer psychological problems and develop quicker socially than
(B) play with other children, they experience fewer psychological problems and develop quicker socially than do
(C) played with other children, they experienced fewer psychological problems and develop quicker socially than will
(D) play with other children, they will experience fewer psychological problems and develop more quickly socially than do
(E) played with other children, they have experienced fewer psychological problems and have developed more quickly socially than do


No OA

IMO B.

Absence of 'do' would incorrectly compare the likeness/ similarity of "fewer psychological problems and develop quicker socially " with children .

More explanations please.
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OA:D

In D ..more quikly seems redundant to me ..

otherwise explanation is as under:-
( found at other forum )
OA - D - parallel, idiomatic, right comparison - if X happens Y will happen - ...associate with....play with other children, they will experience fewer psychological problems and develop(verb) more quickly(adverb) socially than do...

A, B - incorrect - we need an adverb to modify a verb - ...develop(verb) quicker(adjective)

C, E - incorrect - violating parallelism - ...associate with...played with...



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