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Sb70012 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

To organize the debate existed in the relevant research

A paper published online last year in Behavioral and Brain Sciences by José L. Duarte and his colleagues attempts to organize ……………. .
A. the debate existed in the relevant research
B. the research existing and relevant to the debate
C. the debate existing and the research being relevant
D. the existing research relevant to this debate (Answer)

Hi,
A and B look fine. May I know why A and B can not work?

Thank you.

I asked this question in WR forum. One native English speaker said:"(a) is wrong because the paper organizes research. It does not organize a debate."
"(b) is wrong because "research existing" puts the adjective after the noun. In English, adjectives go before nouns: a big box, a red car, or - as in (d) - existing research."

My first analysis for A:
I say to myself that A is correct because a paper can organize a debate: the debaters while having discussions use some papers with some writings and information on them. So, these papers help the debaters improve and organize the debate.


My second analysis for B:
And I say to myself that according to my red and blue explanation, B looks to work:
A paper published online last year in Behavioral and Brain Sciences by José L. Duarte and his colleagues attempts to organize the research (which exits) existing and (which is) relevant to the debate.


What's you opinion about my two analysis?

Thank you.
  

Top answer

sb70012 May I know why A and B can not work? A is the wrong verb form for 'exist'. B is possible; it is just sloppy style.

  • sb70012 May I know why A and B can not work?
  • A is the wrong verb form for 'exist'.
  • B is possible; it is just sloppy style.
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sb70012 May I know why A and B can not work?
A is the wrong verb form for 'exist'.
B is possible; it is just sloppy style.
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Mister Micawber A is the wrong verb form for 'exist'.
This is option A:

A paper published online last year attempts to organize the debate (which was existed) existed in the relevant research.

Look at the blue and red part. So we can say it's a reduced relat
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sb70012the debate (which was existed)
No, you cannot do that. 'Exist' is intransitive, so it does not form passive voice.

A needs 'existing' to be grammatically correct.
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Mister Micawber A needs 'existing' to be grammatically correct.
If "the debate existing" is correct in A, then why "the research existing" in B is sloppy?
They look to have the same construction.
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sb70012They look to have the same construction.
I considered the entire answer, not just the '-ing' portion.

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