aditliverpoolfc wrote:
Meant c, wrote B.. was a typo.
What about the usage of *that* in option A?
I am trying to compare options A and C, having a Hard time eliminating option A. I do understand the fact that c, as compared to A, has a better pronoun usage. There is no ambiguity in option c whatsoever..
Could you share you analysis for option A?
My apologies.
I think I just read your previous question too quickly.
The first half of A is identical to the first half of C, so we'll need to take the following call:
1.
indicate that there is one when it is notvs.
2.
indicate that it is present when it is notAs we're discussing medical tests, it'd be a really good idea to write "it is present" rather than "there is one". Even if we assume that
one is a good way to refer to
a condition, we're still left with "there is a condition when it is not present".
There are two major problems with this: (a) the
it is left hanging, as it seems that we are saying that there is a condition when something else is not present (the structure makes it hard for the reader to understand what the
it points to) and (b) the
there is not very good way to indicate that a condition is present. After "there is a condition when it is not present", we're left asking "where?", because
there is used in a very general sense.
That's a little convoluted, so here is an example:
We tell our professors that a friend is present when he or she is not (present). ← This is fine.
vs.
We tell our professors that there is a friend when he or she is not (present). ← This is
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