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by gmat740 » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:02 am
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


[spoiler]OA-C
IMO-B[/spoiler]
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by tohellandback » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:27 am
in this case,
chance of is the best option
so A and B are rejected.
also, B changes the meaning. B means the survivors recognize and treat their symptoms themselves.
D) same reason as above..changes the meaning
E) survivors is plural. his/her can't be used
The powers of two are bloody impolite!!
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by California4jx » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:28 am
gmat740 wrote: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


[spoiler]OA-C
IMO-B[/spoiler]
B changes the meaning of sentence

the sentence means that those survivors need to be able to get their symtops identified and then get those symtoms treated.

C -- does that
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by perfectstranger » Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:14 am
Could someone explain why is D out and C is the correct?
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by ajay_deepak » Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:58 pm
A is wordy, B & D change meaning and E has problem with pronoun (his/her).
So C is the choice.

However I have a doubt. Which one of the following would be correct?

to get their symptoms treated and recognized.
of getting their symptoms treated and recognized.

Is 'chance of' always idiomatic?
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by ayushiiitm » Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:01 pm
ajay_deepak wrote:A is wordy, B & D change meaning and E has problem with pronoun (his/her).
So C is the choice.

However I have a doubt. Which one of the following would be correct?

to get their symptoms treated and recognized.
of getting their symptoms treated and recognized.

Is 'chance of' always idiomatic?
somebody please give a explanation.
I feel 'A' is correct and gives better sense than C

Is A wrong only because of wordiness?
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:05 pm
ayushiiitm wrote:
ajay_deepak wrote:A is wordy, B & D change meaning and E has problem with pronoun (his/her).
So C is the choice.

However I have a doubt. Which one of the following would be correct?

to get their symptoms treated and recognized.
of getting their symptoms treated and recognized.

Is 'chance of' always idiomatic?
somebody please give a explanation.
I feel 'A' is correct and gives better sense than C

Is A wrong only because of wordiness?
Its an idiom. The correct idiom is "chance of", therefore only C, D, or E could be correct. D changes the meaning and E incorrectly uses "his or her" instead of "they".
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by tomada » Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:16 pm
"chance of" and "chance to" are both valid as idioms, but usage depends on the form of the word which immediately follows the idiom:

(1) I have a chance of making a difference
(2) I have a chance to make a difference

In choice (B), chance to recognize is idiomatically correct, but the meaning is incorrect since they are presumably not the ones to treat their own symptoms.
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by Krabhay » Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:54 pm
a. that they could get their symptoms recognized and treated. Could get does not go with the past construction.
b. to recognize and treat their symptoms. Option 'b' is in Present tense so does not go with past have had.
c. of getting their symptoms recognized and treated. Correct
d. of recognizing and treating symptoms. Option 'c' is in present continuous tense so does not go with have had.(past perfect)
e. of getting his or her symptoms recognized and treated. Survivors is a plural noun so we cant use his/her.
Hence, c is the answer
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