Tumours are group of abnormal cells that form lumps of growths and the

Stuck in A and E..Kindly let me know the analysis..

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I actually disagree with your explanation. The second part of the sentence states "the most effective way to cure a benign Tumour [...]". Someone can cure a tumor from another person, therefore A doesn't imply that a person has to cure the tumor by removing it himselve.

In my opinion, the mistake in A is that the verb is splitted "to immediately remove". "To" and the infinitive shouldn't be seperated by an adverb or any other word. If this logic is correct, changing the sentence to "to remove it immediately" would fix answer A and make it valid.

Because of the mistake I explained, E is preferrable over A.

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basically look at this phase "Tumour is to immediately remove" this seems like you have something that causes problem and you have to simply remove it but in E "to have it immediately removed" this means to remove it by someone else. If you read meaning you will realize that even the source is saying thing after your explanation i saw this information from the source.

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This is just a meaning question, in which you are the doer who can either remove the tumor himself or have it removed by a professional.

to have the tumor removed by a professional makes more sense

While we can argue the grammar, the sentence itself is illogical. You need to remove a malignant tumour, not a benign one.

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For those of you who are as confused as I was about A/E dilemma, E is preferred because "to have it removed" implies professional services, which should be the meaning behind this sentence. It is analogous to saying "to have your hair done", "to have your nails done", etc.

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Official Answer (E):

I think, the use of FANBOYS (use of AND) is not correct here. In the better version there should have a COMMA before AND. If we don't use COMMA before AND the italic part will be considered as separate entity, but from the meaning it seems that the italic part is not separate entity. Also, the use of 'it" after "before" is awkward to me, at least for this SC. The better version should be using VERBing with verb (i.e., spread and become) as those verbs have been used after the word "before".

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The correct version should be:
Tumours are group of abnormal cells that form lumps of growths, and these may be benign or malignant; the most effective way to cure a benign Tumour is to have it immediately removed before spreading and becoming irremovable.

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It would be better if you give me an insights on my explanation.
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An important fact that may have been skipped in these discussions is that to+verb always expresses a sense of intention.
'To have it removed' expresses intention to get something done.

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Is "to have it removed" passive? Please help

Hello arya251294,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, "to have it removed" is not a passive verb; in this sentence, the infinitive verb form ("to + base form of verb" - "to + have" in this case) serves as a noun phrase that refers to "way". Generally speaking, "to have something done" is not passive, as the subject is the one doing the action of "having something done", even if someone else is doing it.

For example, "I plan to have my house renovated." Here, the subject - "I" - is the one that will "have" the house renovated by some second party. The act of renovating is done by someone else, but "I" takes the active action of "having" the renovation done.

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Hi,

If you could perhaps help me understand the difference between Option A and Option E?

What makes Option A incorrect?

Hello Purvidebuka,

We hope this finds you well.

Having gone through your query, we believe we can resolve your doubt.

In Option A, the construction "to immediately remove it" implies that the best way to cure the tumor is for the person who has the tumor to remove it themselves; this meaning is clearly illogical, as no one could possibly remove a tumor from their own body.

In Option E, the construction "to have it immediately removed" conveys a more logical meaning - that the best way to cure a tumor is to get it removed by a second entity; "to have something done" means to get someone else to do it.

We hope this helps.
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to immediately remove it before it spreads and becomes irremovable.

A: implies to do it on your own- logic error; Redundancy of 'it' makes the sentence awkward.

E: getting it removed professionally; simple sentence and best use of passive voice.

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