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58. 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-->could get does not go with the past construction.
(B) to recognize and treat their symptoms-->present tense so does not go with past have had...
(C) of getting their symptoms recognized and treated
(D) of recognizing and treating symptoms---> continuous does not go with have had..(past perfect)
(E) of getting his or her symptoms recognized and treated--->like D
Hence, only avl is C.. share OA and OE

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
wordier construction than C

(B) to recognize and treat their symptoms

This suggests that Adult survivors recognize and treat their own symptoms. Out

(C) of getting their symptoms recognized and treated

Correct idiomatic use of chance of. Conveys the correct meaning

(D) of recognizing and treating symptoms
same problem as B

(E) of getting his or her symptoms recognized and treated

pronoun agreement error

Adult survivors of the 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.

C for me
First, no chance of is a correct idiom
Second, their clearly refer to survivors
Third, to recognize distorts the meaning - survivors are not the ones who recognize their symptoms.

Why not B?

Because B is "to recognize and treat their symptoms".

Do we really TREAT symptoms? We treat diseases.
Symptoms tell us what disease is the person suffering from. I can treat disease. Not the symptom.

P.S.: I would go for C.

I disagree with some of the explanations although the answer C is chosen correctly.
(A) - have chance that could get is incorrect. Chance of something is more idiomatic
(B) - AS can't treat their own symptoms
(C) - CORRECT
(D) - not clear of whose symptoms. lacks clarity
(E) - Adult survivors is PLURAL vs his/her is SINGULAR

survivors of the 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 more concise choice provided in C, also C uses correct idiom.
(B) to recognize and treat their symptoms. INCORRECT - changes meaning - survivors dont have to recognzed, they nedd symptoms to be recognized by others
(C) of getting their symptoms recognized and treated. CORRECT - correct meaning, uses correct idiom - chance of and more concise than option A
(D) of recognizing and treating symptoms. INCORRECT - changes meaning - survivors don't have to recognize[color=#ff0000], they have to get it recognized
(E) of getting his or her symptoms recognized and treated. INCORRECT - his or her refers to singular subject while the subject is actually plural

I think its "E" . They have no chance of getting his / her (each one of their) symptoms recognized and treated. Please correct me if i am wrong.

Hi kabilank87,

Note that the pronoun "his/ her" is singular and needs a singular noun to agree with it.

Consider the examples below

The teacher asked each student to submit his/ her assignments --> Correct, his/ her refers to each student

The teacher asked each student to submit their assignments --> Incorrect, "their", a plural, refers to "each", singular

The teacher asked the students to submit their assignments --> Correct, "their" correctly refers to the plural noun "students"

The teacher asked the students to submit his/ her assignments --> Incorrect, "his/ her" is singular and can not refer to the plural "students"

In the question above the subject is "Adult survivors", which is a plural noun, so, the use of "their" is correct and his/ her is incorrect.

If we rephrase the sentence as -

Each adult survivor of the child abuse traditionally has had little or no chance of getting his/ her symptoms recognized and treated. --> Correct, singular noun - singular pronoun

Hope this helps,

Vercules

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
Change that: wrong idiom

(B) to recognize and treat their symptoms
How do these survivors recognize and treat themself?

(C) of getting their symptoms recognized and treated
Correct meaning. Someone will recognize these survivors's symptoms and treat these symptoms .

(D) of recognizing and treating symptoms
How do these survivors recognize and treat themself?

(E) of getting his or her symptoms recognized and treated
Survivors: plural

Dear Friends,

Here is a detailed explanation to this question-

Meaning is crucial to solving this problem:
Understanding the intended meaning is key to solving this question; the intended meaning of this sentence is that adult survivors of child abuse traditionally have had little or no chance of getting their symptoms recognized and treated.

• When “chance” is used to refer to an opportunity of some sort, the only idiomatic constructions are “chance to” and “chance of”.

Concepts tested here: Meaning + Pronouns + Idioms

A:
1/ This answer choice incorrectly uses the unidiomatic construction "chance + that"; in this context, this construction is unidiomatic because when “chance” is used to refer to an opportunity of some sort, the only idiomatic constructions are “chance to” and “chance of”.

B: Trap.
1/ This answer choice alters the meaning of the sentence through the phrase "to recognize and treat"; the construction of this phrase incorrectly implies that adult survivors of child abuse traditionally have had little or no chance of recognizing and treating their symptoms, themselves; the intended meaning is that adult survivors of child abuse traditionally have had little or no chance of having someone else recognize and treat their symptoms.

C: Correct.
1/ This answer choice uses the phrase "of getting their symptoms", conveying the intended meaning - that adult survivors of child abuse traditionally have had little or no chance of having someone else recognize and treat their specific symptoms.
2/ Option C correctly refers to the plural noun "survivors" with the plural pronoun "their".
3/ Option C correctly uses the idiomatic construction "chance + of".

D:
1/ This answer choice alters the meaning of the sentence through the phrase "of recognizing and treating symptoms"; the construction of this phrase incorrectly implies that adult survivors of child abuse traditionally have had little or no chance of recognizing and treating general symptoms, themselves; the intended meaning is that adult survivors of child abuse traditionally have had little or no chance of having someone else recognize and treat their specific symptoms.

E:
1/ This answer choice incorrectly refers to the plural noun "survivors" with the singular pronoun phrase "his or her".

Hence, C is the best answer choice.

All the best!
Experts' Global Team

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