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armaan700+: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 75; Joined: Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:41 amFollowed by: 1 member; Location: india; Thanked: 2 times

by armaan700+ » Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:30 am

Most recovering heroin addicts seek to be free of drug dependency and others' prejudicial treatment as well.

(A) of drug dependency and others' prejudicial treatment as well.
(B) both of drug dependency and also of prejudicial treatment.
(C) both of drug dependency and also from prejudicial treatment.
(D) both of drug dependency but also from prejudicial treatment.
(E) both of drug dependency and of prejudicial treatment as well.

The Key says that the answer is E

but both and as well kind of sound redundant to me (i chose A for that reason)

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by komal » Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:33 am

armaan700+ wrote:Most recovering heroin addicts seek to be free of drug dependency and others' prejudicial treatment as well.

(A) of drug dependency and others' prejudicial treatment as well. - Parallelism error - Eliminated
(B) both of drug dependency and also of prejudicial treatment.
(C) both of drug dependency and also from prejudicial treatment.
(D) both of drug dependency but also from prejudicial treatment.
(E) both of drug dependency and of prejudicial treatment as well.- Correct Parallel Construction

Answer choices (B), (C) & (D) shows incorrect use of idioms. Hence Eliminated

Answer choice (E) has correct parallel construction. Hence I pick (E)

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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:33 am

You have to have both "ofs" because of parallism. "Both X and Y" is an idiom. Whenever a prepositional word is used to begin a phrase that has to be in parallel construction, then the other phrase has to begin with a preposition as well.

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by thephoenix » Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:57 am

armaan700+ wrote:Most recovering heroin addicts seek to be free of drug dependency and others' prejudicial treatment as well.

(A) of drug dependency and others' prejudicial treatment as well. -------->not parallel
(B) both of drug dependency and also of prejudicial treatment. ------wrng idiom
(C) both of drug dependency and also from prejudicial treatment. ------wrng idiom
(D) both of drug dependency but also from prejudicial treatment. ------wrng idiom
(E) both of drug dependency and of prejudicial treatment as well.

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