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by satishchandra » Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:25 pm
Doctors in the early twentieth century commonly mistook endometriosis as simple menstrual cramps and informed women that there was no medical cure for their condition.

A. endometriosis as simple menstrual cramps
B. endometriosis for simple menstrual cramps
C. simple menstrual cramps for endometriosis
D. endometriosis to be simple menstrual cramping
E. endometriosis and simple menstrual cramps

[spoiler]OA: C
Mistake A for B is correct idiom. Using this known concept we will be left with B and C.
How do we distinguish between B and C?[/spoiler]
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by ranjeet75 » Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:30 pm
C

Mistake for is correct idiom and doctors mistake simple menstrual cramps for endometriosis, any typical disease
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by immaculatesahai » Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:48 pm
Satish,

I would go with meaning of the sentence to differentiate between the 2 options. C is just more logical.

To give an example:

1. Doctors mistook Tom's common cold for final stage of blood cancer and informed Tom that there was no medical cure for his condition.

or.

2. Doctors mistook Tom's final stage of blood cancer for the common cold and informed Tom that there was no medical cure for his condition.

Obviously, option 2 is illogical.

Coming back to our question. The sentence actually gives you a subtle hint regarding the answer by adding the adjective "simple" before menstrual cramps. So I would just look out for such a hint regarding such questions.

Hope this helps.
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by satishchandra » Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:43 pm
immaculatesahai wrote:To give an example:

1. Doctors mistook Tom's common cold for final stage of blood cancer and informed Tom that there was no medical cure for his condition.

or.

2. Doctors mistook Tom's final stage of blood cancer for the common cold and informed Tom that there was no medical cure for his condition.

Obviously, option 2 is illogical.
Option 2 is logical to me. In the original problem, Option 'B' is close to Option-2 in your example. This makes sense to me.

Mistook X for Y:
In simple terms: Mistook it as X. But it is infact Y. Is it correct? WHats your interpretation of Mistake A for B; Exchange A for B in simple terms?
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by immaculatesahai » Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:54 pm
satishchandra wrote:
immaculatesahai wrote:To give an example:

1. Doctors mistook Tom's common cold for final stage of blood cancer and informed Tom that there was no medical cure for his condition.

or.

2. Doctors mistook Tom's final stage of blood cancer for the common cold and informed Tom that there was no medical cure for his condition.

Obviously, option 2 is illogical.
I agree with you in your example. Option 2 is logical to me. In the original problem, Option 'B' is close to Option-2 in your example. What do you think?

Mistook X for Y:
In simple terms: Mistook it as X. But it is infact Y. Is it correct?
Yes Correct. Just look out for hints in the sentence itself. Normally you will not have to guess which is the worse ailment/ the thing of higher degree.
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by saketk » Tue Nov 08, 2011 12:24 am
satishchandra wrote:Doctors in the early twentieth century commonly mistook endometriosis as simple menstrual cramps and informed women that there was no medical cure for their condition.

A. endometriosis as simple menstrual cramps
B. endometriosis for simple menstrual cramps
C. simple menstrual cramps for endometriosis
D. endometriosis to be simple menstrual cramping
E. endometriosis and simple menstrual cramps

[spoiler]OA: C
Mistake A for B is correct idiom. Using this known concept we will be left with B and C.
How do we distinguish between B and C?[/spoiler]
The reason it should be C is due to the usage of word Simple.

Logically, if you think then 'Simple' itself means that it is easy to cure.

How can something that is easy to cure be called incurable?
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