Solve this SC-3

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Solve this SC-3

by neha.patni » Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:20 pm
In a seminar paper delivered at the annual American Psychological Association conference, Dr. Spagnoli distinguished pronounced alterations in mood, which may be frequent and occasionally severe without their constituting a clinical illness, from bipolar disorders.

(A) pronounced alterations in mood, which may be frequent and occasionally severe without their constituting a clinical illness, from bipolar disorders
(B) bipolar disorders and pronounced alterations in mood, occurring frequently and occasionally severely, without constituting a clinical illness
(C) pronounced alterations in mood, perhaps frequent and occasionally severe without constituting a clinical illness, and bipolar disorders
(D) between pronounced alterations in mood, which may be frequent and occasionally severe without constituting a clinical illness, from bipolar disorders
(E) between pronounced alterations in mood, which may be frequent and occasionally severe without constituting a clinical illness, and bipolar disorders
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by thephoenix » Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:26 pm
IMO E
correct idiom distinguish between X and Y only uses this correct idiom

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by samarpan_bschool » Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:53 pm
@thephoenix - i think 'distinguish X from Y' is also a correct idiom

In A, the possessive pronoun 'their' has no reference.

B & C -> wrong modifier usage

D -> wrong IDIOM usage (distinguish between X & Y)

So E wins

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