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by atulmangal » Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:58 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
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by badpoem » Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:28 am
IMO E.

possibility of - correct idiom, IMO.

E takes care of dangling modifier. OA? :)
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by clock60 » Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:55 am
the same answer E
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by aspirant2011 » Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:55 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 ------> this is a modifier modifying "brewed leaves" usage of singular "its" is wrong
B. in addition to its possibilities to prevent or inhibit ---------> same as A
C. besides the possibility that it prevents and inhibits
D. besides the possible preventing and inhibiting of
E. besides possibly preventing or inhibiting

whats the OA????
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by champmag » Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:55 pm
+1 for E.

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by atulmangal » Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:57 am
OA is Op E guys

But can anyone explain me whats exactly wrong with Op D...
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by gig92 » Wed Apr 13, 2011 6:34 am
atulmangal wrote:OA is Op E guys

But can anyone explain me whats exactly wrong with Op D...
Here, "besides the possible preventing and inhibiting of" is incorrect. The part after ";" in a sentence must describe (or presents some description of) the main noun of the previous sentence. Here "preventing" and "inhibiting" are treated as if there were individual nouns and need some explanation, which is not the case (we want to talk about tea leaves). The option "E" correctly uses verbs "preventing" and "inhibiting" as "gerunds" -(verb as noun)- in the subclause for "the second part" of the sentence. AND, "besides possibly preventing or inhibiting some forms of cancer," correctly functions as modifier for the noun "the brewed leaves of Camellia sinensis".
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by force5 » Wed Apr 13, 2011 6:51 am
E rocks!!

In D "inhibiting of" is unidiomatic.
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by aspirant2011 » Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:55 am
i feel in D it can't be both "preventing and inhibiting" at one time..........
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by ankurmit » Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:56 am
I am confused between D and E.

Pls elaborate
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by siddus » Thu Apr 14, 2011 4:46 am
Hi Atul, can you post the source of this question?

I went for E initially but I changed my answer because I thought it was changing the meaning of the original question. (The usage of 'or' in the OA from the original 'and' in the Q)
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by Target2009 » Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:15 am
IMO - E
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