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by goelmohit2002 » Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:03 am
Hi All,

In the below question the OA is "A". I was able to narrow down to "A" and "C". Can someone please help me understand why "A" is better then "C" ?

Is there some issue because of capability/ability or there is some issue because of "to deal"/ dealing ?

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Sulfur dioxide, a major contributor to acid rain, is an especially serious pollutant because it diminishes the respiratory system’s ability to deal with all other pollutants.

A. an especially serious pollutant because it diminishes the respiratory system’s ability to deal
B. an especially serious pollutant because of diminishing the respiratory system’s capability of dealing
C. an especially serious pollutant because it diminishes the capability of the respiratory system in dealing
D. a specially serious pollutant because it diminishes the capability of the respiratory system to deal
E. a specially serious pollutant because of diminishing the respiratory system’s ability to deal

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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:13 am
C uses passive voice. When given a choice, active voice is always preferable.
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by goelmohit2002 » Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:37 am
osirus0830 wrote:C uses passive voice. When given a choice, active voice is always preferable.
Can u please help me understand how "C" is passive and "A" not.....does "in dealing" makes it passive ?
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by rahulg83 » Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:48 pm
I think C is wrong because it uses awkward 'in dealing'. We should use 'to deal' rather..
C is passive because subject is capability instead of respiratory system.

SO2 diminishes X's ability - Active voice - preferable
SO2 diminishes capability of X - Passive voice
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by pratikgandhi » Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:09 am
Please use spoilers when you give the answers... Especially when you write them before the question.
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by rahulsaroha » Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:53 am
capability....in dealing is idiomatically wrong..
capability... to deal is correct..
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by goelmohit2002 » Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:36 am
rahulsaroha wrote:capability....in dealing is idiomatically wrong..
capability... to deal is correct..
Can you please help me understand what is wrong with respect to the idioms ?

As per my understanding.....the idioms are:

a) Capable of
b) ability to/able to.

Please tell what I am missing here.
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by goelmohit2002 » Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:42 am
rahulg83 wrote:I think C is wrong because it uses awkward 'in dealing'. We should use 'to deal' rather..
C is passive because subject is capability instead of respiratory system.

SO2 diminishes X's ability - Active voice - preferable
SO2 diminishes capability of X - Passive voice
Can you please tell why "in dealing" is awkward ? Is it breaking some grammar rule ? Can you please help me understand the same ?

In addition, there is another capability/ability split. Is there any rule based on which we can kick out "C" ?
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by andy123 » Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:56 am
what is the difference between SPECIIALLY and ESPECIALLY ??
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by goelmohit2002 » Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:01 am
andy123 wrote:what is the difference between SPECIIALLY and ESPECIALLY ??
if the split is between especially and specially....then...

IMO wherever we can replace especially/specially with "exceptionally"....there especially is correct....

in other situations specially is correct.
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by waltz2salsa » Sat Nov 06, 2010 12:15 pm
To stress on the exceptional/ quality, use especial or especially. To stress on the distinctive purpose of something, use special or specially.

Examples:
This laboratory is built specially for research.
(A distinctive purpose)
He did especially well in national games.
(A noteworthy performance)

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by sandeepkhaira » Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:05 am
Following are correct versions of idioms:
capability of VERBing
ability to DEAL(VERB)
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by Crystal W » Mon Jun 27, 2016 6:23 pm
goelmohit2002 wrote:Hi All,

In the below question the OA is "A". I was able to narrow down to "A" and "C". Can someone please help me understand why "A" is better then "C" ?

Is there some issue because of capability/ability or there is some issue because of "to deal"/ dealing ?

================================================
Sulfur dioxide, a major contributor to acid rain, is an especially serious pollutant because it diminishes the respiratory system�s ability to deal with all other pollutants.

A. an especially serious pollutant because it diminishes the respiratory system�s ability to deal
B. an especially serious pollutant because of diminishing the respiratory system�s capability of dealing
C. an especially serious pollutant because it diminishes the capability of the respiratory system in dealing
D. a specially serious pollutant because it diminishes the capability of the respiratory system to deal
E. a specially serious pollutant because of diminishing the respiratory system�s ability to deal

Regards
Mohit
I have the same question. Can some expert explain these two questions?
Thanks in advance!
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