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by sandy217 » Sun Jun 05, 2011 6:35 am
The health benefits of tea have been the subject of much research; in addition to its possibilities for preventing and inhibiting some forms of cancer, the brewed leaves of Camellia sinensis may also
play a role in reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke.

A. in addition to its possibilities for preventing and inhibiting
B. in addition to its possibilities to prevent or inhibit
C. besides the possibility that it prevents and inhibits
D. besides the possible preventing and inhibiting of
E. besides possibly preventing or inhibiting

[spoiler]OA is E and am ok with OA. I have one doubt, is 'in addition to' considered wordy when compared to besides[/spoiler][/spoiler]
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by cans » Sun Jun 05, 2011 6:42 am
in A,B,C, 'its' has reference error.
IMO E
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by cans » Sun Jun 05, 2011 6:45 am
in A,B,C, 'its' has reference error.
IMO E
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by sandy217 » Sun Jun 05, 2011 6:46 am
cans wrote:in A,B,C, 'its' has reference error.
IMO E
You mean 'its' should have possessive antecedent ?
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by sandy217 » Sun Jun 05, 2011 6:48 am
cans wrote:in A,B,C, 'its' has reference error.
IMO E
You might want to check this link on possessive pronouns?

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/pro ... 11083.html
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by Frankenstein » Sun Jun 05, 2011 6:50 am
sandy217 wrote:The health benefits of tea have been the subject of much research; in addition to its possibilities for preventing and inhibiting some forms of cancer, the brewed leaves of Camellia sinensis may also
play a role in reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke.

A. in addition to its possibilities for preventing and inhibiting
B. in addition to its possibilities to prevent or inhibit
C. besides the possibility that it prevents and inhibits
D. besides the possible preventing and inhibiting of
E. besides possibly preventing or inhibiting

[spoiler]OA is E and am ok with OA. I have one doubt, is 'in addition to' considered wordy when compared to besides[/spoiler][/spoiler]
Hi,
'besides ' and 'in addition to' are meaning-wise same. But, if everything else is same and you have to choose one of them, go for the shorter one 'besides'.
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by dv2020 » Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:57 am
sandy217 wrote:
cans wrote:in A,B,C, 'its' has reference error.
IMO E
You mean 'its' should have possessive antecedent ?
the only thing it its can refer to is the leaves hence agreement error left with D and E of which E looks the best
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by subhashghosh » Mon Jun 06, 2011 5:04 am
The sentences with in addition to have other problems, so I think the ones with besides score on that account as well.
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by nafiul9090 » Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:23 pm
hello guys

could you please tell me why option D is wrong, even i sense it is wrong but dont know why..

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by sivaelectric » Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:30 pm
Yes I agree with Frankenstein, I will also choose E
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by rohu27 » Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:52 pm
nafiul9090 wrote:hello guys

could you please tell me why option D is wrong, even i sense it is wrong but dont know why..

regards nafi
i looked at it this way, it may well have other issues.
prevent and inhibit mean the same thng. so it shud be prevent or inhibit.
coz of the parallelsim isseu preventing,inhibiting,reducing - we are left wth A D and E
go for E as it has OR.
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