Sprained ankle - Kaplan

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Sprained ankle - Kaplan

by kajcha » Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:29 pm
It has been said that (all one can do for a sprained ankle is leave it
alone while it heals itself, ice it, and to) lie with it in a
slightly elevated position

1.
2. all one can do for a sprained ankle is to leave it alone to heal
itself, to ice it, and
3. all one can do for a sprained ankle is leave it alone while it heals
itself, and then ice it and
4. the only thing that can be done for a sprained ankle is leave it alone
while it heals itself, ice it and
5. the only thing that can be done for a sprained ankle is to leave it
alone while it heals itself, to ice it, and
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Re: Sprained ankle - Kaplan

by jayhawk2001 » Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:10 am
Is it D?

You need parallelism here.

A, B and E lack this parallelism. You cannot mix "to verb" and regular
verbs in a parallel sentence.

C has "and ... and"

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by username9 » Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:49 pm
E is the ans IMO

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by kajcha » Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:47 pm
OA is D

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