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In virtually all types of tissue in every animal species dioxin induces the production of enzymes that are the organism’s trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it. (A) trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it. (B) trying that it metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant (C) attempt to try to metabolize, or render harmless, such a chemical irritant (D) attempt to try and metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritating it (E) attempt to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant This question is pretty straight forward . but my doubt is As per OG 12 "The -ing form of a verb can be used as noun (eg.,running is her favourite sport ) , but it is often awkward ,particularly when used with a possesive, as in this case ". The aforementioned explanation conflicts with the Manhattan Flash Card of Sentence correction. Please provide inputs on this
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(A) trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it - Awkward (B) trying that it metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant - Awkward (C) attempt to try to metabolize, or render harmless, such a chemical irritant - Redundant (D) attempt to try and metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritating it - Redundant (E) attempt to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant - Correct. the noun 'attempt' replaces the gerund 'trying'
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Re: Gerund after a possessive noun/pronoun Issue [#permalink]
29 Jul 2012, 01:56
PriyankBahuguna wrote: Sorry , The OA provided earlier is incorrect . The Actual OA is Check the below link as well - in-virtually-all-types-of-tissue-in-every-animal-species-81025.html
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Re: Gerund after a possessive noun/pronoun Issue [#permalink]
30 Jul 2012, 02:17
Capricorn369 wrote: PriyankBahuguna wrote: Sorry , The OA provided earlier is incorrect . The Actual OA is Check the below link as well - in-virtually-all-types-of-tissue-in-every-animal-species-81025.htmlE has to be it C & D - redundant A & B - unidiomatic
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Re: In virtually all types of tissue in every animal species [#permalink]
17 Sep 2012, 13:36
I got the answer, curious to know if the idiom "attempt to" is correct or not and in which context it should be used?
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Re: In virtually all types of tissue in every animal species [#permalink]
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PriyankBahuguna wrote: In virtually all types of tissue in every animal species dioxin induces the production of enzymes that are the organism’s trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it. (A) trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it. (B) trying that it metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant (C) attempt to try to metabolize, or render harmless, such a chemical irritant (D) attempt to try and metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritating it (E) attempt to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant This question is pretty straight forward . but my doubt is As per OG 12 "The -ing form of a verb can be used as noun (eg.,running is her favourite sport ) , but it is often awkward ,particularly when used with a possesive, as in this case ". The aforementioned explanation conflicts with the Manhattan Flash Card of Sentence correction. Please provide inputs on this Need expert advice, why 'E' is right and others are wrong?
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Re: In virtually all types of tissue in every animal species [#permalink]
04 Mar 2013, 10:15
Got a shocker seeing the 1st OA.Its a clear redundancy error 
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