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The mistakes children make in learning to speak tell linguists more about how they learn language than the correct forms they use.

A. their language learning than do

B. how one learns language than

C. learning language than

D. how children learn language than do

E. how they learn language than

 

Ans

D

 

 

'.... learn language than do the correct forms they use'. Is this not awkward?

Better not to rely on 1000 SC answers? Or Am I not well equipped with English?

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A. their language learning than do their has no clear referent

 

B. how one learns language than one cannot logically refer to children

 

C. learning language than ----this whole option is ambiguous its unclear from this option whose learning pattern are we talking about

 

D. how children learn language than do correct

 

E. how they learn language than they is ambiguous

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A. their language learning than do their has no clear referent

 

B. how one learns language than one cannot logically refer to children

 

C. learning language than ----this whole option is ambiguous its unclear from this option whose learning pattern are we talking about

 

D. how children learn language than do correct

 

E. how they learn language than they is ambiguous

 

Well, I agree with all your explanations. This is the reason even I felt D is good option.

But is it not awkward using '........than do the........'

Try to read the whole sentence...... I felt none of the options suit

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A. their language learning than do their has no clear referent

 

B. how one learns language than one cannot logically refer to children

 

C. learning language than ----this whole option is ambiguous its unclear from this option whose learning pattern are we talking about

 

D. how children learn language than do correct

 

E. how they learn language than they is ambiguous

 

What is the role of 'do' in D?

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.............tell linguists more about how children learn language than the correct forms they use tell.

this can be written as

 

tell linguists more about how children learn language than the correct forms they use do

 

or

 

tell linguists more about how children learn language than do the correct forms they use

 

This is a difficult point to get it through to you

but i tried my best

 

not good eh

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.............tell linguists more about how children learn language than the correct forms they use tell.

this can be written as

 

tell linguists more about how children learn language than the correct forms they use do

 

or

 

tell linguists more about how children learn language than do the correct forms they use

 

This is a difficult point to get it through to you

but i tried my best

 

not good eh

It is still a confusing sentence:hmm:

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.............tell linguists more about how children learn language than the correct forms they use tell.

this can be written as

 

tell linguists more about how children learn language than the correct forms they use do

 

or

 

tell linguists more about how children learn language than do the correct forms they use

 

This is a difficult point to get it through to you

but i tried my best

 

not good eh

 

 

 

hmm nice try.

But m not comfort in accepting.

idiom is 'tell linguists more X than Y'. X and Y should be parallel.

Moreover, 'tell' doesn't suit in the phrase 'forms they use tell'.

Infact, 'tell' is not at all required.

Again '.... correct forms they use do' doesn't fit.

And hence the 'language than do the correct forms they use'

 

 

Neways, last attempt. Gurus, please help !!!

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hmm nice try.

But m not comfort in accepting.

idiom is 'tell linguists more X than Y'. X and Y should be parallel.

Moreover, 'tell' doesn't suit in the phrase 'forms they use tell'.

Infact, 'tell' is not at all required.

Again '.... correct forms they use do' doesn't fit.

And hence the 'language than do the correct forms they use'

 

 

Neways, last attempt. Gurus, please help !!!

 

i tried my best though :yuck:

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hmm nice try.

But m not comfort in accepting.

idiom is 'tell linguists more X than Y'. X and Y should be parallel.

Moreover, 'tell' doesn't suit in the phrase 'forms they use tell'.

Infact, 'tell' is not at all required.

Again '.... correct forms they use do' doesn't fit.

And hence the 'language than do the correct forms they use'

 

Ram plays football more than his wife

 

Ambiguous :

 

Ram plays football more than he plays his wife

 

Or

Ram plays more than his wife does

 

HENCE WE NEED A VERB TO IT .

Ram plays football more than his wife does

 

Sample this :

 

Ram is more happy than his wife .

is non ambiguous

 

DID you notice the difference ?

 

Ok wait

 

Gaurav IS better than bear&bull .

 

Got it ?

 

IN the first set the addition of object made the sentence ambiguous .

 

However , In the second set there ain't any .

 

Let us check the sentence

Ram plays football more than his wife

 

What are we comparing ?

 

The action . Playing football

 

Where is that action placed in the sentence ???

 

Before the comparative more

Agree ?

 

Sample another one :

Audio slave is more inspiring than Bravery .

 

What is before more ?

 

Linking verb ( no action ) Hence we do not require verb after than

As there is no ambiguity

 

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Bottom line :

 

there is no hard and fast rule ,rather dirty rule . What is more compelling is the fact that each sentence needs to be viewed separately .

 

However , Object before than call for a verb after than (I STILL DON"T GENERALIZE IT) .

 

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X is demoralizing resources more heavily than is Z

 

What are we repeating ?

 

The verb before the comparative

RT ?

 

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The mistakes children make in learning to speak tell linguists more about how they learn language than the correct forms they use.

 

Make the sentence simple

Xs tell linguists more about Y than Zs tell

What did we do ?

 

Repeat the verb before comparative. (more)

 

Moreover ,Y holds good for both.

 

A good way for a tough problem is to remember that the verb ,which needs to be repeated , will not be mentioned explicitly but will be replaced with equivalent has /do/have etc. (auxiliary verb) .

 

This is tougher than I expected.

 

GURUS PLEASE HELP !!!!!!!!!! .

 

HTH!!!!!!!

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