Source: OG Verbal
Request discussion between choice A & B:
In reference to the current hostility toward smoking, smokers frequently expressed anxiety that their prospects for being hired and promoted are being stunted by their habit.
(A) When referring to the current hostility toward smoking, smokers frequently express anxiety about
(B) Referring to the current hostility toward smoking, smokers frequently express anxiety that
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in reference to the current hostility
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The idiom "Anxiety about " and "Anxiety that " both are correct. So we can not distinguish between A and B on the basis of Idiom alone.pnk wrote:Source: OG Verbal
Request discussion between choice A & B:
In reference to the current hostility toward smoking, smokers frequently expressed anxiety that their prospects for being hired and promoted are being stunted by their habit.
(A) When referring to the current hostility toward smoking, smokers frequently express anxiety about
(B) Referring to the current hostility toward smoking, smokers frequently express anxiety that
The use of WHEN in A needs a time reference and that is lacking in the modifying sentence after comma.
Also B is more concise when compared to A .
So I will go with B .
"Know thyself" and "Nothing in excess"
