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Doctors now define autism not as a form of childhood schizophrenia Updated on: 22 Feb 2023, 00:58
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Pack 7, Question 3 of 5:

Doctors now define autism not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents throughout life, not just in early childhood, and impacts individuals in diverse ways.

A. not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents
B. not to be a form of childhood schizophrenia but rather a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment presenting
C. not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but instead as being a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents
D. as not a form of childhood schizophrenia, but it is rather a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents
E. as not a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment presenting


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Pack 7, Question 3 of 5:

Doctors now define autism not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents throughout life, not just in early childhood, and impacts individuals in diverse ways.

A. not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents
B. not to be a form of childhood schizophrenia but rather a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment presenting
C. not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but instead as being a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents
D. as not a form of childhood schizophrenia, but it is rather a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents
E. as not a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment presenting


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I chose A. I saw "Not as.. But as".. This is parallel.

B and C are not parallel.
D: wrong use of as
E: "as not" should be "not as"
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Pack 7, Question 3 of 5:

Doctors now define autism not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents throughout life, not just in early childhood, and impacts individuals in diverse ways.

A. not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents
B. not to be a form of childhood schizophrenia but rather a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment presenting
C. not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but instead as being a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents
D. as not a form of childhood schizophrenia, but it is rather a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents
E. as not a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment presenting.
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Read the sentence and look at the parallelism indicator not & but. Hence parallelism is tested

A) Not as...but as Correct It is concise

B) not to...but rather violates parallelism

C) not as...but instead violates parallelism

D) not a ...but it violates parallelism

E) not a ... but as violates parallelism
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There are two clauses in the main question:

(Clause-1) Doctors now define autism not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment

The first clause presents doctors’ definition of autism, using simple present tense which is correct. Moreover, the correct idiomatic expression (not as a X but as a Y) is seen here. So the first clause seems cool.

(Clause-2) that presents throughout life, not just in early childhood, and impacts individuals in diverse ways.

As you can see, “that” in this sentence is the subject of its clause. It refers to a spectrum condition and uses simple present tense correctly.

So, the correct answer is A.

The incorrect use of parallelism is apparent in options B, C, D, and E.

The correct parallel structure should be “not as a X but as a Y”.

X = form of childhood schizophrenia

Y = a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment
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Doctors now define autism not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents throughout life, not just in early childhood, and impacts individuals in diverse ways.

Define something not as x but as y, is idiomatically correct and the structure maintains parallelism. One more parallelism checked here, i.e. impairment that presents... and impacts....

A. not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents - no error, correct option.
B. not to be a form of childhood schizophrenia but rather a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment presenting - breaks both parallelism of the sentence
C. not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but instead as being a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents - violates first parallelism of the sentence
D. as not a form of childhood schizophrenia, but it is rather a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents - violates first parallelism of the sentence
E. as not a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment presenting - breaks both parallelism of the sentence

Imo. A
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Doctors now define autism not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents throughout life, not just in early childhood, and impacts individuals in diverse ways.

A. not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents
B. not to be a form of childhood schizophrenia but rather a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment presenting
C. not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but instead as being a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents
D. as not a form of childhood schizophrenia, but it is rather a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents
E. as not a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment presenting

A quick review of our answer choices shows various combinations of contrasting statements using “not” and “but.” Our mind should immediately go to idioms. The correct idiom is “not X but Y,” and X and Y need to be parallel.

Let’s look at the parallelism of X and Y in each answer choice.

Option A:
X = as a form of childhood schizophrenia
Y = as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment
X and Y are parallel and use the “not/but” structure. This appears to be correct. We’ll come back to this.

Option B:
X = to be a form of childhood schizophrenia
Y = a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment
Not parallel. This cannot be the best answer.

Option C:
X = as a form of childhood schizophrenia
Y = as being a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment
These are not parallel, and the “but instead” is redundant and not idiomatic. Option C cannot be the best answer.

Option D:
X = as not a form of childhood schizophrenia
Y = it is rather a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment
These are not parallel and are unidiomatic. This cannot be the best answer.

Option E:
X = as not a form of childhood schizophrenia
Y = but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment
This is not parallel. The “as” comes before “not” but after “but.” This cannot be the best answer.

We have successfully eliminated four answer choices. Option A is parallel and uses the correct idiomatic structure. Option A is the best answer.
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Pack 7, Question 3 of 5:

Doctors now define autism not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents throughout life, not just in early childhood, and impacts individuals in diverse ways.

A. not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents
B. not to be a form of childhood schizophrenia but rather a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment presenting
C. not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but instead as being a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents
D. as not a form of childhood schizophrenia, but it is rather a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents
E. as not a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment presenting


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I chose A. I saw "Not as.. But as".. This is parallel.

B and C are not parallel.
D: wrong use of as
E: "as not" should be "not as"
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Pack 7, Question 3 of 5:

Doctors now define autism not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents throughout life, not just in early childhood, and impacts individuals in diverse ways.

A. not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents
B. not to be a form of childhood schizophrenia but rather a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment presenting
C. not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but instead as being a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents
D. as not a form of childhood schizophrenia, but it is rather a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents
E. as not a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment presenting.

Read the sentence and look at the parallelism indicator not & but. Hence parallelism is tested

A) Not as...but as Correct It is concise

B) not to...but rather violates parallelism

C) not as...but instead violates parallelism

D) not a ...but it violates parallelism

E) not a ... but as violates parallelism
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Well done, NandishSS! You figured out the tricky parallelism problem and cracked the code! Great breakdown of each option too! Kudos to you!
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There are two clauses in the main question:

(Clause-1) Doctors now define autism not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment

The first clause presents doctors’ definition of autism, using simple present tense which is correct. Moreover, the correct idiomatic expression (not as a X but as a Y) is seen here. So the first clause seems cool.

(Clause-2) that presents throughout life, not just in early childhood, and impacts individuals in diverse ways.

As you can see, “that” in this sentence is the subject of its clause. It refers to a spectrum condition and uses simple present tense correctly.

So, the correct answer is A.

The incorrect use of parallelism is apparent in options B, C, D, and E.

The correct parallel structure should be “not as a X but as a Y”.

X = form of childhood schizophrenia

Y = a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment
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Well done, sjuniv32! You cracked the code on this one! Great job focusing first on the parallelism issue - hopefully that helped you break things down quickly!
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Doctors now define autism not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents throughout life, not just in early childhood, and impacts individuals in diverse ways.

Define something not as x but as y, is idiomatically correct and the structure maintains parallelism. One more parallelism checked here, i.e. impairment that presents... and impacts....

A. not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents - no error, correct option.
B. not to be a form of childhood schizophrenia but rather a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment presenting - breaks both parallelism of the sentence
C. not as a form of childhood schizophrenia but instead as being a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents - violates first parallelism of the sentence
D. as not a form of childhood schizophrenia, but it is rather a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment that presents - violates first parallelism of the sentence
E. as not a form of childhood schizophrenia but as a spectrum condition with degrees of impairment presenting - breaks both parallelism of the sentence

Imo. A
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Well done, Raxit85! We appreciate the explanations of both parallelism problems in the sentence, so students who attacked from either angle can figure it out! Kudos to you!
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Can anyone tell me the meaning of "impairment that presents throughout life"?

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