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An interior decorator who specializes in color claims from a one-hour interview with her clients that she can determine which colors will create the best atmosphere for the inhabitants of the space.

A) from a one-hour interview with her clients that she can determine

B) from a one-hour interview with her clients he has the ability of determining

C) the ability, from a one-hour interview with her clients, of determining

D) to be able, from a one-hour interview with her clients, to determine

E) being able to access, from a one-hour interview with her clients,
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The verb " claims" may be followed by one of two constructions :
(a) Claims that + subordinate clause
(b) Claims + Infinitive : claims to be able to

A) from a one-hour interview with her clients that she can determine -Incorrect claims from ....

B) from a one-hour interview with her clients he has the ability of determining - Incorrect claims from ....

C) the ability, from a one-hour interview with her clients, of determining - Incorrect - could have been claims to have the ability

D) to be able, from a one-hour interview with her clients, to determine - Correct though claims to be able to is separated by prepositional phrase

E) being able to access, from a one-hour interview with her clients, - Incorrect claims being able to access is wordy and incorrect

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An interior decorator who specializes in color claims from a one-hour interview with her clients that she can determine which colors will create the best atmosphere for the inhabitants of the space.

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Idiom error - 'to determine' is the correct idiom.
(D) is correct

A) from a one-hour interview with her clients that she can determine

B) from a one-hour interview with her clients he has the ability of determining

C) the ability, from a one-hour interview with her clients, of determining

D) to be able, from a one-hour interview with her clients, to determine - CORRECT

E) being able to access, from a one-hour interview with her clients,
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D seems correct ,but why the need to put within a comma pair when it seems to be an non-redundant information.
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An interior decorator who specializes in color claims from a one-hour interview with her clients that she can determine which colors will create the best atmosphere for the inhabitants of the space.
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A) from a one-hour interview with her clients that she can determine
-- claim is far from ability

B) from a one-hour interview with her clients he has the ability of determining
-- claim is far from ability

C) the ability, from a one-hour interview with her clients, of determining
-- to be able to determine is more appropriate.

D) to be able, from a one-hour interview with her clients, to determine
-- correct.

E) being able to access, from a one-hour interview with her clients,
-- able to access is incorrect.

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An interior decorator who specializes in color claims from a one-hour interview with her clients that she can determine which colors will create the best atmosphere for the inhabitants of the space.

A) from a one-hour interview with her clients that she can determine
THAT REFERRING TO CLIENTS INCORRECT
INCORRECT

B) from a one-hour interview with her clients he has the ability of determining
DETERMINING- INCORRECT
INCORRECT

C) the ability, from a one-hour interview with her clients, of determining
ABILITY OF - INCORRECT IDIOM
DETERMINING- INCORRECT
INCORRECT

D) to be able, from a one-hour interview with her clients, to determine
ABLE TO- IDIOM CORRECT
DETERMINE- CORRECT VERB TENSE
CORRECT CHOICE


E) being able to access, from a one-hour interview with her clients,
BEING- INCORRECT
INCORRECT
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An interior decorator who specializes in color claims from a one-hour interview with her clients that she can determine which colors will create the best atmosphere for the inhabitants of the space.

Meaning: An interior decorator(who specialized in color) claims (from a one-hour interview with her clients) that she can determine which colors will create the best atmosphere for the inhabitants of the space.

A) from a one-hour interview with her clients that she can determine ---> claims from one-hour interview sound awkward. (from a one-hour interview with her clients) should have been separated by comma.

B) from a one-hour interview with her clients he has the ability of determining ---> claims should have been followed by either that/to and ability of determining is not correct. It should have been ability to determine.

C) the ability, from a one-hour interview with her clients, of determining Same as B claims should be followed by that/to

D) to be able, from a one-hour interview with her clients, to determine --> Correct

E) being able to access, from a one-hour interview with her clients, ---> It has corrected the idiom error related to able, but claims being able to access is wrong.
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