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by sunilrawat » Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:34 am
In his research paper, Dr. Frosh, director of the Payne Whitney Clinic, distinguishes mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis

mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis

mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis

between mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine maniac-depressive psychosis

between mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, from genuine maniac-depressive psychosis

genuine maniac-depressive psychosis and mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease


Here I rejected A only because of its use of possessive pronoun 'their'.
However, the answer explanation says A fails to use the correct idiomatic expression, i.e. between x and y. My question:
Isn't the idiom distinguish x from y equally acceptable in A if 'their' is ignored?
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by Nidhi4mba » Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:38 am
C it is..Am i right?
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by sunilrawat » Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:41 am
Yeah, OA is C.
But you didn't answer my question.
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by gunjan1208 » Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:45 am
I agree to your question Sunil.
I dont see any issue issue with :Distinguish X from Y
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by Nidhi4mba » Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:46 am
I think "distinguishes X from Y" is absoultely idiomatic...
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