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Bunuel wrote:
Although the phenomenon of withdrawal has always been the crucial physiological Leng for distinguishing addictive from non-addictive drugs, it has become increasingly evident that not all regular heroin users experience withdrawal symptoms.
(A) addictive from
(B) addictive and
(C) addictive or
(D) between addictive or
(E) among addictive or
A: This answer choice maintains proper idiom use throughout the sentence. Thus, this answer choice is correct.
B: This answer choice utilizes the unidiomatic construction "distinguishing A and B", rather than one of the correct constructions "distinguish between A and B" and "distinguish A from B". Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.
C: This answer choice utilizes the unidiomatic construction "distinguishing A or B". Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.
D: This answer choice utilizes the unidiomatic construction "between A or B", rather than the correct construction "between A and B". Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.
E: This answer choice utilizes the unidiomatic construction "among A or B", rather than the correct construction "among A and B". Additionally, E uses the word "among" to draw a distinction between two nouns "addictive drugs" and "non-addictive drugs". Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.
Hence, A is the best answer choice.To understand the concept of "Use of Distinguish on GMAT", you may want to watch the following video (~1 minute):
To understand the concept of "Between v/s Among on GMAT", you may want to watch the following video (~1 minute):
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