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by komal » Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:11 pm
In a seminar paper delivered at the annual American Psychological Association conference, Dr. Spagnoli distinguished pronounced alterations in mood, which may be frequent and occasionally severe without their constituting a clinical illness, from bipolar disorders.

(A) pronounced alterations in mood, which may be frequent and occasionally severe without their constituting a clinical illness, from bipolar disorders

(B) bipolar disorders and pronounced alterations in mood, occurring frequently and occasionally severely, without constituting a clinical illness

(C) pronounced alterations in mood, perhaps frequent and occasionally severe without constituting a clinical illness, and bipolar disorders

(D) between pronounced alterations in mood, which may be frequent and occasionally severe without constituting a clinical illness, from bipolar disorders

(E) between pronounced alterations in mood, which may be frequent and occasionally severe without constituting a clinical illness, and bipolar disorders

OA E
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by outreach » Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:16 pm
idiom usage. ... Distinguish between X and Y, for X & Y that are different
option E matches the idiom

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by money9111 » Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:40 pm
Let's see if I can do this:

(A) pronounced alterations in mood, which may be frequent and occasionally severe without their constituting a clinical illness, from bipolar disorders distinguished from? i called this out to myself when I first red it

(B) bipolar disorders and pronounced alterations in mood, occurring frequently and occasionally severely, without constituting a clinical illness the doctor didn't distinguish between bipolar disorders and alterations

(C) pronounced alterations in mood, perhaps frequent and occasionally severe without constituting a clinical illness, and bipolar disorders distinguished pronounced just sounded dumb

(D) between pronounced alterations in mood, which may be frequent and occasionally severe without constituting a clinical illness, from bipolar disorders between and from do not go

(E) between pronounced alterations in mood, which may be frequent and occasionally severe without constituting a clinical illness, and bipolar disorders my answer
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by viidyasagar » Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:10 am
In a seminar paper delivered at the annual American Psychological Association conference, Dr. Spagnoli distinguished pronounced alterations in mood, which may be frequent and occasionally severe without their constituting a clinical illness, from bipolar disorders.

(A) pronounced alterations in mood, which may be frequent and occasionally severe without their constituting a clinical illness, from bipolar disorders

(B) bipolar disorders and pronounced alterations in mood, occurring frequently and occasionally severely, without constituting a clinical illness

(C) pronounced alterations in mood, perhaps frequent and occasionally severe without constituting a clinical illness, and bipolar disorders

(D) between pronounced alterations in mood, which may be frequent and occasionally severe without constituting a clinical illness, from bipolar disorders

(E) between pronounced alterations in mood, which may be frequent and occasionally severe without constituting a clinical illness, and bipolar disorders
I will eliminate "A" only because it contains an unnecessary "their". If a GMAT question contains a "distinguished from" and a "distinguished between" then i always look for other errors.

I have read in prep books that the verb "distinguished" needs to be followed by "from" unless it is followed by "between", indicating that both are right.

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by mgmt_gmat » Thu Feb 11, 2010 5:14 am
Distinguish between X and Y is correct idiom here.. Hence E.

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by money9111 » Fri Feb 12, 2010 6:05 pm
easy enough
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