uptowngirl92 wrote:It has been said that all one can do for a sprained ankle is leave it alone while it heals itself, ice it, and to lie with it in a slightly elevated position

(A) all one can do for a sprained ankle is leave it alone while it heals itself, ice it, and to
(B) all one can do for a sprained ankle is to leave it alone to heal itself, to ice it, and
(C) all one can do for a sprained ankle is leave it alone while it heals itself, and then ice it and
(D) the only thing that can be done for a sprained ankle is leave it alone while it heals itself, ice it, and ---parallel
(E) the only thing that can be done for a sprained ankle is to leave it alone while it heals itself, to ice it, and to missing
----not parallel


[spoiler]OA:D??!
HOW?!!?I eliminated D and E at a go c's how can the "only thing" be THREE things?!!![/spoiler]

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IMO C.
As already said, D and E should be eliminated...

The question in my mind was what does one refer to in the three options, since "that" usually precedes a noun clause, the one thing seems more logical as a noun is specifically a person place or thing, while one is ambiguous, although intuitively it refers to a person....

in terms of the parallelism, leave it, ice it, and lie with it...

Thats how it all sounded in my head

In C, the following part - "...while it heals itself, and then ice it and", doesn't sound correct.

D maintains parallelism (as mentioned in earlier posts)

Hmm, Well Let me highlight you something unseen here.

i found the meaning is a kind of suggestion here.
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.

so clause after That needs to have 'bare' form of the verb. Means if verb is "to be", we need only "be".

So B and E are out, Because of usage of "to leave".

(A) Out : Using "to" in the third element of PARALLEL construction.

Main Contestant are C and D:

(C) all one can do for a sprained ankle is leave it alone while it heals itself, and then ice it and

Parallel elements:
leave it
then ice it
lie with it

(D) the only thing that can be done for a sprained ankle is leave it alone while it heals itself, ice it, and lie with it

Parallel elements:
leave it
ice it
lie with it

I think you know what is answer now..!

I didnt quite understand the explaination ... first why A,B,C are eliminated ... Is "all one can do ...." usage wrong?

i guess discussion boils down to C and D ... D wins if we apply rules of parallelism but if we apply logic then c wins....as already mentioned we can't list out 3 things after saying that only thing reqd is ....

I dont think this is a GMAT quality ques...all choices have some sort of error...

wats the source??

Hey Stacy,
Can you please explain why C is incorrect.
As far as the E goes. I think if we put to at the end should make the E option correct. am i right?
Please suggest?
(E) the only thing that can be done for a sprained ankle is to leave it alone while it heals itself, to ice it, and to

Source:1000SC.We all know that the answers are not relaible but then too a good question to get the concepts straight..
Sorry Stacey I know you advice against 1000Sc cos of the disputed OA