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Aggravating vs. Aggravate

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by arashyazdiha » Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:27 pm
Hi,
In Manhattan strategy guide for SC, on page 208, in which it is talking about concision and different preferences in GMAT, you find 2 sentences as compared in following way:
Wordy:
The rash is aggravating to the pain.
Better:
The rash aggravates the pain.

Well isn't it a bug, because the ing form of this verb doesn't mean the same.
aggravating means irritating and aggravate means worsen.
Anybody helps please?
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by garima99 » Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:20 am
arashyazdiha wrote:Hi,
In Manhattan strategy guide for SC, on page 208, in which it is talking about concision and different preferences in GMAT, you find 2 sentences as compared in following way:
Wordy:
The rash is aggravating to the pain.
The rash is irritating to the pain??
Better:
The rash aggravates the pain.

Well isn't it a bug, because the ing form of this verb doesn't mean the same.
aggravating means irritating and aggravate means worsen.
Anybody helps please?
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