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Whereas American dialects of the English language often adopt words from other languages, those of European dialects tend toward the creation of new terms and expressions.


(A) English language often adopt words from other languages, those of European dialects tend- Incorrect. The pronoun usage of those is completely unnecessary, it distorts the meaning and intended comparison
(B) English language often adopt words from other languages, that of European dialects tends- Incorrect . Same error as mentioned in A. pronoun that distorts the meaning and intended comparison
(C) language of English often adopts words from other languages, that of European dialects tends- Incorrect.This sentence repeats the incorrect pronoun usage in the above sentences, also american dialects of the language of english sounds awkward. noun dialects must be followed by a plural verb since it's plural and not singular adopts
(D) English language often adopts words from other languages, European dialects tend- Incorrect .Same subject verb error as mentioned in C. However, this sentence corrects the the comparison error we foun in the above sentences.
(E) English language often adopt words from other languages, European dialects tend- Perfect. The subject verb error has been corrected, also the comparison is parallel and conveys the meaning properly

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Whereas American dialects of the English language often adopt words from other languages, those of European dialects tend toward the creation of new terms and expressions.


Meaning:
1. Whereas
2. American dialects of the English language often adopt words from other languages
3. European dialects tend toward the creation of new terms and expressions

Errors:

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Once we get intended meaning of the sentence, first that jump u p is 'those of"
What is the antecedent of 'those of'? we need something plural, dialects?
Dialects of European dialects tend toward... disaster :|
Logically we have sentence started with 'whereas' a contrasting word, subject of the first clause 'American dialects" so we need to start the second clause with some kind of dialect.
Those of European tend toward... Correct
European dialects tend toward... Correct

There is no other errors in the sentence, SV pairs agree in number, and verb tenses are correct.

POE

'that of' / 'those of' same error, changing plurality doesn't make any sense, eliminate (A), (B), and (C)

(A) English language often adopt words from other languages, those of European dialects tend
(B) English language often adopt words from other languages, that of European dialects tends
(C) language of English often adopts words from other languages, that of European dialects tends


Between (D) and (E), (D) has SV agreement error, plural subject - American dialects - doesn't agree with singular verb - adopts.
If you think that subject for 'adopts' is 'language' then you are mistaken.

'of the English language' - subject cannot lay inside the prepositional phrase.
Role of this entity in the sentence - 'of the English language' - object

(D) English language often adopts words from other languages, European dialects tend

(E) English language often adopt words from other languages, European dialects tend

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E is the answer :heart
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Whereas American dialects of the English language often adopt words from other languages, those of European dialects tend toward the creation of new terms and expressions.

(A) English language often adopt words from other languages, those of European dialects tend
Out, whereas there is correct usage of plural verb "adopt", there is incorrect usage of "those" as demonstrative of dialects. In would be correct, had it been properly referring to languages: "Whereas American dialects of the English language often adopt words from other languages, those of European languages tend toward the creation of new terms and expressions. "

(B) English language often adopt words from other languages, that of European dialects tends
"that" incorrect as it is used in singular form, , incorrect reference of "that", out

(C) language of English often adopts words from other languages, that of European dialects tends
"adopts" is singular, whereas dialects are plural, incorrect reference of "that", out

(D) English language often adopts words from other languages, European dialects tend
"adopts" is singular, whereas dialects are plural, out

(E) English language often adopt words from other languages, European dialects tend
correct usage of verb "adopt", correct avoidance of "those/that",

IMO, answer is E
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Re: Whereas American dialects of the English language [#permalink]
Hi,
I have one doubt, this statement compares American dialects of English with European dialect. Thats the only comparison I could not comprehend.

Thanks in advance for the explanation.
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lifeforhuskar wrote:
Hi,
I have one doubt, this statement compares American dialects of English with European dialect. Thats the only comparison I could not comprehend.

Thanks in advance for the explanation.


hey,
In this sentence comparison is between 2 dialects of english language. one is american dialects and other is european dialects. Both dialects are of same english language. You can understand in following expansion of same sentence:
Whereas American dialects of the English language often adopt words from other languages, European dialects OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE tend toward the creation of new terms and expressions.
The red colored portion is unnecessary and need not be repeated as same can be understood from the original meaning of sentence.

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