Influenza

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Influenza

by crackgmat007 » Sun Oct 11, 2009 11:01 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.


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

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

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

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

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

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by Shawshank » Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:23 pm
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by crackgmat007 » Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:35 pm
Explanation pls

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Re: Influenza

by maihuna » Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:56 pm
crackgmat007 wrote: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.


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

mild flus, treatable with bed rest and last only a few days, to
I think the other three options have obvious flaw, out of these two, treatable should be matched with lasting and so A. lasting as an present participle may work as an adjective, while last can not parallel treatable
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by riteshbindal » Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:38 pm
A IMO.

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Re: Influenza

by mehravikas » Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:51 pm
Would "last" be an appropriate choice, if the question had "can be treated with bed rest"?
maihuna wrote:
crackgmat007 wrote: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.


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

mild flus, treatable with bed rest and last only a few days, to
I think the other three options have obvious flaw, out of these two, treatable should be matched with lasting and so A. lasting as an present participle may work as an adjective, while last can not parallel treatable