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Tiểu Cầm Posted 13 years ago
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Question: Surgeons now can do miracles to the physical ____ which used to be untreatable.
A. conditions B. wrongdoings C. abnormalities D. malfunctions
I consider between A and C, but the correction is C. I don't understand. Please explain it to me. Thanks
A. conditions B. wrongdoings C. abnormalities D. malfunctions
I consider between A and C, but the correction is C. I don't understand. Please explain it to me. Thanks
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Collins Cobuild Dictionary An abnormality in something, especially in a person's body or behaviour, is an unusual part or feature of it that may be worrying or dangerous. (FORMAL) Further scans are required to confirm the diagnosis of an abnormality... If you talk about the condition of a person or thing, you are talking about the state that they are in, especially how good or bad their physical state is.
- Collins Cobuild Dictionary An abnormality in something, especially in a person's body or behaviour, is an unusual part or feature of it that may be worrying or dangerous.
- (FORMAL) Further scans are required to confirm the diagnosis of an abnormality...
- If you talk about the condition of a person or thing, you are talking about the state that they are in, especially how good or bad their physical state is.
- Surgeons now can do miracles to the physical abnormalities which used to be untreatable.
- A condition may be good or bad, so 'condition' is not the correct choice.
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Collins Cobuild Dictionary
An abnormality in something, especially in a person's body or behaviour, is an unusual part or feature of it that may be worrying or dangerous. (FORMAL)
Further scans are required to confirm the diagnosis of an abnormality...
If you talk about the condition of a person or thing, you are talking about the state that they are in, especially ho
An abnormality in something, especially in a person's body or behaviour, is an unusual part or feature of it that may be worrying or dangerous. (FORMAL)
Further scans are required to confirm the diagnosis of an abnormality...
If you talk about the condition of a person or thing, you are talking about the state that they are in, especially ho
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I agree that C is the better choice and the expected choice, but if you had simply said "Is the sentence grammatical and at least somewhat logical" and had given the sentence using A in the blank, I would have said yes. So C isn't the ONLY answer -- it's just the better one.
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I agree that C is the better choice and the expected choice, but if you had simply said "Is the sentence grammatical and at least somewhat logical" and had given the sentence using A in the blank, I would have said yes. So C isn't the ONLY answer -- it's just the better one.
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I say C and A are equally good. "Condition" is somewhat euphemistic, but it means "ailment". The sentence isn't natural with either choice, anyway. You do not do miracles to things. You work miracles on them.
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Even if condition were not a euphemism for ailment, A would still be fine (apart from the do): Surgeons now can do miracles to the physical conditions which used to be untreatable. They don't need to worry about the conditions which have always been treatable or the conditions which do not need treatment.
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