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The investigations of many psychologist

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AliciaZhou
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Thank you for your advise! I will notice that in the furture practice.
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The investigations of many psychologist and anthropologists support the generalization of there being little that is a significant difference in underlying mental processes manifested by people from different culture.
A of there being little that is a significant difference
B of there being little that is significantly different
C of little that is significantly different
D that there is little that is significantly different
E that there is little of significant differences

How to pick between D and E



Dear Instructors - Could you please let me know why "THAT" is required after generalization?
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rachelhong2012
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D that there is little that is significantly different
E that there is little of significant differences

How to pick between D and E



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Isn't there a meaning issue too?

Iin D, "Little that is XXX", makes "little" the subject and "significant differences" a modifier

when in reality we want to talk about the "significant differences" and the fact that it is little.

that's why E is right, because "little of significant differences" makes "significant differences" the subject and "little of" the modifier
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RonPurewal
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jp.jprasanna wrote:
Dear Instructors - Could you please let me know why "THAT" is required after generalization?


this is just idiomatic. fortunately, it's pretty much consistent across the board for words that refer to things that people say or think. for example, you would use the same construction with the idea that…, the saying that…, etc..
some of these constructions can also work with “of” + noun, if that kind of thing makes sense in context. for instance, idea + of + noun can be used: e.g., my grandmother doesn't like the idea of combat sports.
in the case of generalization, though, you can't follow it with “of” + noun, because generalizations aren't represented by nouns -- they are represented by statements (clauses). you can introduce a clause with “that”, but not with “of”.
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RonPurewal
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rachelhong2012 wrote:
Isn't there a meaning issue too?

Iin D, "Little that is XXX", makes "little" the subject and "significant differences" a modifier

when in reality we want to talk about the "significant differences" and the fact that it is little.

that's why E is right, because "little of significant differences" makes "significant differences" the subject and "little of" the modifier


no. the answer is (d), not (e). please check the answers before you post what you think is an explanation!

you are right that “little” is a noun and “that is significantly different” modifies it -- but you are wrong if you think that something is incorrect about that. the meaning is still there; it's an essential modifier.
as an analogy, i have no item on this list and i have none of the items on this list are identical in meaning, even though “item” appears in the direct object of the first and in a modifier in the second.

the most objective error in choice (e) is its use of “little” for a quantity of differences.
differences (like virtually all plural nouns) are countable, so you can't use “little” to describe them. if this choice said few significant differences, it would be legitimate.
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