SJ_SJ
Never mind, whatever suits you! I took the GMAT few weeks back and it didn’t really boil down to just idioms or myths
Idioms are not a core part of gmat sc anyway. They are useful to know but not the core
winterschool
Q2. Among the objects found in the excavated temple were small terra-cotta effigies left by supplicants who were either asking the goddess Bona Dea’s aid
in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help. (A) in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help (B) in healing physical and mental ills and to thank her for helping (C) in healing physical and mental ills, and thanking her for helping (D) to heal physical and mental ills or to thank her for such help (E) to heal physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help Difficulty - Hard
the usage of to vs in is key here from a meaning perspective:
asking x aid to heal makes it seem like the asking is done to heal the person - this is illogical. You cannot ask to heal a person.
Asking their aid IN HEALING is more sensible - you want their aid to help you heal the person
so from this PoV, A is a much better choice. B,C and D can be readily eliminated for parallelism errors