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11. My sister is a very indecisive person who has trouble to make up her mind about anything important! a) who has trouble to make up her mind about b) which has a great deal of trouble making up her mind over c) whom has a lot of trouble making up her mind about d) who has a difficult time making up her mind concerning e) that has a hard time of making her mind up for Source: Gmat Club Grammar BookI would have gone for because I thought the construction in to be awkward .
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E is incorrect because it uses "that". But since it describes a single person "who" is the correct choice. edit:I googled a little bit. A is incorrect since it uses the idiom "to have trouble doing sth." incorrectly.
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Re: My sister is a very indecisive person who has trouble to ma [#permalink]
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Triforce wrote: E is incorrect because it uses "that". But since it describes a single person "who" is the correct choice.
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I googled a little bit. A is incorrect since it uses the idiom "to have trouble doing sth." incorrectly. Thanks Triforce. Do you mean that for the answer A to be correct it should have been "My sister is a very indecisive person who has trouble making up her mind about anything important" ?
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a) who has trouble to make up her mind about "trouble to make up her mind" construction is incorrect. "trouble making up her mind" is appropriate.
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Re: My sister is a very indecisive person who has trouble to ma [#permalink]
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PraPon wrote: a) who has trouble to make up her mind about
"trouble to make up her mind" construction is incorrect.
"trouble making up her mind" is appropriate. @ PraPon, could you please exlain why "trouble to make up her mind" is incorrect ?  I feel that is sounds awkward but this is not a proper explanation I guess...  THX!
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Re: My sister is a very indecisive person who has trouble to [#permalink]
28 Apr 2013, 10:11
Hi luc, Simply the verb needs to be in the present tense (like the sentence) not the infinitive. Take some other examples: difficulty doing simple things (not difficulty to do simple things) problems helping others (not problems to help others) Cheers, James
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28 Apr 2013, 19:44
I am also confused after the above discussion. All options have some error in them. Can anyone explain to arrive at the correct answer?
My sister is a very indecisive person who has trouble to make up her mind about anything important!
a) who has trouble to make up her mind about
b) which has a great deal of trouble making up her mind over
c) whom has a lot of trouble making up her mind about
d) who has a difficult time making up her mind concerning. I couldn't find any error here.
e) that has a hard time of making her mind up for
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Re: My sister is a very indecisive person who has trouble to [#permalink]
29 Apr 2013, 00:03
Hi Umesh - you've got the correct answer. D correctly uses 'who' to describe 'sister' and avoids the unidiomatic 'to make' Cheers, James
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Re: My sister is a very indecisive person who has trouble to [#permalink]
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plumber250 wrote: Hi Umesh - you've got the correct answer.
D correctly uses 'who' to describe 'sister' and avoids the unidiomatic 'to make'
Cheers,
James Hi James. I was wondering that "making" is placed after "time" without a comma, does it modify "time"? if it's true, it sounds pretty awkward. I still cannot figure out the structure of D. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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pqhai wrote: I was wondering that "making" is placed after "time" without a comma, does it modify "time"? if it's true, it sounds pretty awkward. I still cannot figure out the structure of D.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks. pqhai I am not a expert but here is the reason I think its correct. Its not modifying "time" its modifying the whole noun phrase "who has a difficult time"hope that helps 
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