Pack 13 Q1: No longer wanting to travel to a local clinic...

D,E out due to modifier error. It's the individuals who do not want to travel to local clinic.



Between A,B & C
A has subtle meaning error- 'people turn to phy and psych for help to treat' means people themselves are offering help to doctors. that is not the intended meaning.
C - I suppose C is missing a 'that'..but its typo...even if we put that...the sentence convey the meaning that people are turning to doctors for the illnesses that could have been cured.. doesn't make sense. C is out

B clearly conveys the meaning and is therefore the winner.

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Doesn't 'turning to someone' itself mean 'to ask for help'? isn't the use of word ' help' is redundant in all 5 answer choices?

First lets dissect the sentence into different clauses.
No longer wanting to travel to a local clinic for a doctor’s appointment, - Modifier modifying the subject many individuals
many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help to treat illnesses
that can be diagnosed without physical contact. – that refers to illnesses


A. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help to treat illnesses that can be diagnosed
For help to - is in active voice meaning that individuals are themselves helping to treat illnesses.
Hence incorrect
B. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help in treating illnesses that can be diagnosed
For help in – is the correct idiom to be used here. This is a possible answer.

C. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help from them to treat illnesses could have been diagnosed
For help from them – Wordy and awkward
There is no connector that after illnesses and before could. A connector that is needed here.

D. virtual physicians and psychiatrists are helping many people who are turning to them for help in treating illnesses that they could have diagnosed
No longer wanting to travel to a local clinic for a doctor’s appointment, - Modifier modifying the subject many individuals
Hence incorrect

E. virtual physicians and psychiatrists help many people who turn to them to treat illnesses that can be diagnosed
No longer wanting to travel to a local clinic for a doctor’s appointment, - Modifier modifying the subject many individuals
Hence incorrect
Correct answer B

No longer wanting to travel to a local clinic for a doctor’s appointment, many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help to treat illnesses that can be diagnosed without physical contact.

-Many individuals is the correct modified entity ( We can eliminate D & E)
- In option A- the use of "to treat" is incorrect. Since the use of "To + base Verb" Form is to show a purpose. The use of "to help" instead of "for help" would have been alright because that shows a purpose.
- Option B looks more logical
- Option C is just too wordy and illogical ( for help from them to treat illnesses that could have been - Its hopeless)


A. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help to treat illnesses that can be diagnosed

B. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help in treating illnesses that can be diagnosed - Correct

C. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help from them to treat illnesses could have been diagnosed

D. virtual physicians and psychiatrists are helping many people who are turning to them for help in treating illnesses that they could have diagnosed

E. virtual physicians and psychiatrists help many people who turn to them to treat illnesses that can be diagnosed

Answer is B option

Area tested- Modifiers

1) Many Individuals vs Virtual physicians
Now who wait at the clinic to take the treatment, obviously individuals.
Eliminate D and E

2) To Treat vs In treat
To always imply some intention, therefore in treating is correct
Eliminate A

C is straightway wrong- For help from them

A. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help to treat illnesses that can be diagnosed

B. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help in treating illnesses that can be diagnosed- BINGO

C. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help from them to treat illnesses could have been diagnosed

D. virtual physicians and psychiatrists are helping many people who are turning to them for help in treating illnesses that they could have diagnosed

E. virtual physicians and psychiatrists help many people who turn to them to treat illnesses that can be diagnosed

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Answer is B.
A. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help to treat illnesses that can be diagnosed - Changes meaning, as in individuals are helping virtual physicians and psychiatrists.

B. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help in treating illnesses that can be diagnosed
- proper comparison, meaning intact.
C. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help from them to treat illnesses could have been diagnosed - Unnecessary use of them.

D. virtual physicians and psychiatrists are helping many people who are turning to them for help in treating illnesses that they could have diagnosed - wrongly compared with physicians and psychiatrists.

E. virtual physicians and psychiatrists help many people who turn to them to treat illnesses that can be diagnosed- Same as D.

No longer wanting to travel to a local clinic for a doctor’s appointment, many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help to treat illnesses that can be diagnosed without physical contact.

No longer wanting to travel to a local clinic......, Who?? Must be patients. So, D & E out because of modifier error.

A. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help to treat illnesses that can be diagnosed - seems ok, let's hold it.

B. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help in treating illnesses that can be diagnosed - seems ok, let's hold it.

C. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help from them to treat illnesses could have been diagnosed - too much wordy and pronoun error.

D. virtual physicians and psychiatrists are helping many people who are turning to them for help in treating illnesses that they could have diagnosed - Incorrect due to modifier error

E. virtual physicians and psychiatrists help many people who turn to them to treat illnesses that can be diagnosed - - Incorrect due to modifier error

Correct idiom is assist (someone) in doing something. Here help is similar to assist. So, assist in treating illness is correct idiom.

Imo. B

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Official Explanation

No longer wanting to travel to a local clinic for a doctor’s appointment, many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help to treat illnesses that can be diagnosed without physical contact.

A. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help to treat illnesses that can be diagnosed

B. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help in treating illnesses that can be diagnosed

C. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help from them to treat illnesses could have been diagnosed

D. virtual physicians and psychiatrists are helping many people who are turning to them for help in treating illnesses that they could have diagnosed

E. virtual physicians and psychiatrists help many people who turn to them to treat illnesses that can be diagnosed

After a quick glance over the options, there are a few key differences we can focus on:

1. Starting with “many individuals” vs. “virtual physicians and psychiatrists” (Modifier-Antecedent Agreement)
2. to treat vs. in treating (Idioms)
3. can be diagnosed / could have been diagnosed / they could have diagnosed (Verb Tense)

Let’s start with #1, which deals with modifiers. If we look at the original sentence, we see that it begins with a modifier:

No longer wanting to travel to a local clinic for a doctor’s appointment, many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help to treat illnesses that can be diagnosed without physical contact.

The people this phrase is referring to must come directly after the comma. WHO no longer wants to travel to local clinics? Many individuals! Let’s eliminate any sentences that don’t use “many individuals” as the antecedent:

A. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help to treat illnesses that can be diagnosed

B. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help in treating illnesses that can be diagnosed

C. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help from them to treat illnesses could have been diagnosed

D. virtual physicians and psychiatrists are helping many people who are turning to them for help in treating illnesses that they could have diagnosed

E. virtual physicians and psychiatrists help many people who turn to them to treat illnesses that can be diagnosed

We can eliminate options D & E because the antecedent (virtual physicians and psychiatrists) doesn’t match up with the modifier.

Now that we have it narrowed down to 3 options, let’s tackle #2 on our list: to treat / in treating. The correct idiom format here is “for help in X-ing.” Let’s rule out any that don’t use the correct idiom format:

A. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help to treat illnesses that can be diagnosed

B. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help in treating illnesses that can be diagnosed

C. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help from them to treat illnesses could have been diagnosed

There you have it – option B is the only one that uses proper modifier-antecedent agreement, and it’s the only one that uses the “for help in X-ing” idiom correctly! We don’t even have to deal with #3 on the list because we’ve already narrowed it down to one option.


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To answer your other question, "turning to someone" simply means to seek someone out for some reason. You still have to provide the reason WHY you're turning to them. You can turn to someone for help, turn to someone for comfort, turn to someone for support, turn to someone for advice, and many more. It's not redundant to say "for help" here because you still have to provide more detail for that idiom to work.

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A. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help to treat illnesses that can be diagnosed - the right idiomatic structure is: to help someone (in) something. here, the infinitive form is used. Hence, eliminate (A)

B. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help in treating illnesses that can be diagnosed - uses the right idiomatic structure. Hence, (B) is the correct answer.


C. many individuals are turning to virtual physicians and psychiatrists for help from them to treat illnesses could have been diagnosed - could have been diagnosed? help FROM them? there are many errors here. Eliminate (C)

D. virtual physicians and psychiatrists are helping many people who are turning to them for help in treating illnesses that they could have diagnosed - who is 'they' referring to? psychiatrists? the physicians? the people? ; there's no clear antecedent to the relative pronoun 'they'. Hence, eliminate (D)

E. virtual physicians and psychiatrists help many people who turn to them to treat illnesses that can be diagnosed - generally speaking, we used 'for' as the preposition to indicate the subject of the infinitive phrase. Here, 'to' is used; this usage is incorrect. Hence, eliminate (E).