Will C be the right answer?
- According to a study published by Dr. Myrna Weissman, only one percent of Americans born before 1905 had suffered major depression by the age of seventy-five; of those born since 1955, six percent had become depressed by age twenty-four.
(A) only one percent of Americans born before 1905 had suffered major depression by the age of seventy-five; of those born since 1955, six percent had become depressed by age twenty-four
(B) only one percent of Americans born before 1905 suffer major depression by the age of seventy-five; if they are born since 1955, six percent become depressed by age twenty-four
(C) of Americans born before 1905, only one percent of them have suffered major depression by age seventy-five, but six percent of those born since 1955 do by the age of twenty-four
(D) major depression is suffered by the age of seventy-five by only one percent of Americans born before 1905, and by age twenty-four by the six percent born since 1955(A)
(E) Americans born before 1905 suffer major depression by the age of seventy-five only one percent of the time, but six percent of those born since 1955 did so by age twenty-four41.
Can you Provide OA ?
D out : To complex to understand with so many by.So i have to say Bye bye with 3 idiots line “kehna kya chate ho” 😉
in Option B , C , D : second part of sentence make no sense.
Out of A and E
Issue with like E : only one percent of the time, wrong place + “but 6 percent of those .. ” : not clear .. ambiguous
So E is out.
Go back Read A: Sound good make sense and no such error which is fixed in other option.
So A it is
Americans born before 1905 turned 75 in 1990 so all the following tenses are wrong:
B. “suffer” -> simple present used to talk about general rules / habits
C. “has suffered” -> present perfect to talk about something that continues till now.
D. “is suffered” -> present tense to talk about something that is happening now.
E. “suffer” -> same as A