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by GmatKiss » Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:54 am
Among the objects found in the excavated temple were small terra-cotta effigies left by supplicants who were either asking the goddess Bona Dea's aid in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help.

(A) in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help
(B) in healing physical and mental ills and to thank her for helping
(C) in healing physical and mental ills, and thanking her for helping
(D) to heal physical and mental ills or to thank her for such help
(E) to heal physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help

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by crick » Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:08 pm
I will go with A here. asking ....thanking... look parallel.

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by mehrasa » Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:38 am
I will choose D
since the pattern is " aid to somebody" when it is used as a noun while in verb role, the pattern is 'Aid sb'.. then the parallel structure is also correct
aid to heal...... or to thank....
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by mithra.aravind » Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:05 am
I will go with A
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by gunjan1208 » Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:06 am
I shall pick A

(A) in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help

Reason: Either...or; Asking and thanking are parallel
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by Acorn » Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:29 am
Among the objects found in the excavated temple were small terra-cotta effigies left by supplicants who were either asking the goddess Bona Dea's aid in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help.

Parallelism: Either x OR y,so options with "asking... or... thanking" is correct. Options A and E remain.


A) in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help
(E) to heal physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help


AID IN HEALING is correct idiom. See MGMAT SC guide idiomlist. I couldnt find any other way to reach the answer. If there is any, please comment.


SO the answer is A.
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by GmatKiss » Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:29 am
gunjan1208 wrote:I shall pick A

(A) in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help

Reason: Either...or; Asking and thanking are parallel
Absolutely :) OA is A
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by snovvblind » Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:52 am
GmatKiss wrote:Among the objects found in the excavated temple were small terra-cotta effigies left by supplicants who were either asking the goddess Bona Dea's aid in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help.

(A) in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help
(B) in healing physical and mental ills and to thank her for helping
(C) in healing physical and mental ills, and thanking her for helping
(D) to heal physical and mental ills or to thank her for such help
(E) to heal physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help

OA after some discussion.
Plese support your pick
I understand the parallelism between either X or Y. ie. either asking or thanking


However, I got confused by the "to heal" vs. "in healing" construction. A vs. D. Why is A better than D?
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by dario.brignone » Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:34 pm
I had a look at the idiom list in the mgmat but I couldn't find the idiom "aid in healing".
Could someone please clarify why "aid in healing" is better than "aid to heal" ?

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by GmatKiss » Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:36 am
GmatKiss wrote:Among the objects found in the excavated temple were small terra-cotta effigies left by supplicants who were either asking the goddess Bona Dea's aid in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help.

(A) in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help
(B) in healing physical and mental ills and to thank her for helping
(C) in healing physical and mental ills, and thanking her for helping
(D) to heal physical and mental ills or to thank her for such help
(E) to heal physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help

OA after some discussion.
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