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by arorag » Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:34 pm
Adult survivors of child abuse traditionally have had little or no chance that they could get their symptoms recognized and treated.

(A) that they could get their symptoms recognized and treated
(B) to recognize and treat their symptoms
(C) of getting their symptoms recognized and treated
(D) of recognizing and treating symptoms
(E) of getting his or her symptoms recognized and treated
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by anju » Mon Jun 02, 2008 5:14 pm
My answer is C:

to recognise: means that adults didn't get a chance to recognise the symptons of child abuse
of getting recignised: means the symptons should have been recognised by others - which I believe is the actual meaning

their is required since subject adults survivors is plural.
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by nishchal » Mon Jun 02, 2008 5:19 pm
I vote for C too. and idiomatically also "chance of" is correct.

B and D are changing the intended meaning of the sentence.
E is switching from plural "survivors" to singular "his or her".
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by wizardofwashington » Mon Jun 02, 2008 7:22 pm
Has to be C. Though B is a tempting alternative, I think C stands out for the reasons cited above by Nischal&Anju
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by champ0007 » Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:21 pm
My Choice would be C as well.

I looked for the concise and crisp choice and that was evident in C for the reasons already cited.

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by getneonow » Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:40 pm
Why is the given statement wrong on the first hand? What's wrong with A?

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by champ0007 » Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:01 am
as in A - "... or no chance that they could get their symptoms ..."

as in C - "... or no chance of getting their symptoms ..."

C is more clear and concise. So you can say A is wordy.
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