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by mchammer » Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:02 am
Varieties of influenza range in severity from mild flus, treatable with bed rest and lasting only a few days, to acute forms, such as bacterial pneumonia, that are potentially fatal.


1 mild flus, treatable with bed rest and lasting only a few days, to

2 mild flus, treatable with bed rest and last only a few days, to

3 mild flus, treatable with bed rest, and they last only a few days, to

4 those mild flus, able to be treated with bed rest and in duration only a few days, to those

5 those mild flus which are treatable with bed rest and which last only a few days to those


[spoiler]I zeroed down on 1 & 2 . but kindly explain which one is right n why[/spoiler]
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by scoobydooby » Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:17 am
would go for 1)

1) treatable is an adjective and lasting (a participle) act as adjectives, (modify mild flu) are parallel. correct IMO

2) treatable is an adjective and last is a verb. they cannot be parallel.

3) wordy and ambiguous "they"

4 and 5: awkward and wordy.
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