In a seminar paper delivered at the Annual Psychological

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In a seminar paper delivered at the Annual Psychological Association conference, Dr. Spagnoli distinguished  pronounced alterations in mood, which may be frequent and occasionally severe without their constituting a clinical illness, from bipolar disorders. 
A)pronounced alterations in mood, which may be frequent and occasionally severe without their constituting a clinical illness, from bipolar disorders
B)bipolar disorders and pronounced alterations in mood, occurring frequently and occasionally severely, without constituting a clinical illness
C) pronounced alterations in mood, perhaps frequent and occasionally severe without constituting a clinical illness, and bipolar disorders 
D)between pronounced alterations in mood, which may be frequent and occasionally severe without constituting a clinical illness, from bipolar disorders.
E)between pronounced alterations in mood, which may be frequent and occasionally severe without constituting a clinical illness, and bipolar disorders

vprabhala · Answer

distinguish between x and y
distinguish x from y

are the two correct usages of idoms.

A)pronounced alterations in mood, which may be frequent and occasionally severe without their constituting a clinical illness, from bipolar disorders 
Wrong. It follows the x from y idomatic form but "their" spoils it. 

B)bipolar disorders and pronounced alterations in mood, occurring frequently and occasionally severely, without constituting a clinical illness 
Wrong

C) pronounced alterations in mood, perhaps frequent and occasionally severe without constituting a clinical illness, and bipolar disorders 
wrong. wrong idiomatic usage.

D)between pronounced alterations in mood, which may be frequent and occasionally severe without constituting a clinical illness, from bipolar disorders. 
wrong. Wrong idiomatic usage.

E)between pronounced alterations in mood, which may be frequent and occasionally severe without constituting a clinical illness, and bipolar disorders.
Correct. distinguish between x and y

ywilfred · Answer

E. distinguished between X and Y is idiomatic. 'which may be frequent...' modifies the alterations in mood

rthothad · Answer

One more for 'E'

'A' is wrong because of the usage of their ".......,which may be frequent and occasionally severe without  their  constituting a clinical illness, from bipolar disorders"

Antmavel · Answer

E too <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing" />

Prema · Answer

OA is 'E'.

Can someone please explain the following:
In a situation where the answer choices will have both options,
Between X and Y
Distinguish X from Y ,

which one will be a better option??? (I don't know if a situation like that will ever appear, but nevertheless always better to know!)

maaverick · Answer

Normally, if the options contain both the idioms, you'll have to use POE in order to determine which one is relevant based on context. Most likely, the wrong option will have other mistakes than the usage of "between X and Y" and "Distinguish X from X".

However, usually "between X and Y" is used while making a choice between two entities and "distinguish X from Y" is used to highlight the differences between two entities. In the end, it is highly contextual.

Please feel free to add to this explaination.

Pronz · Answer

Explanation: Moods and disorders
Before moving to the expression, start with grammar. The answer choices provide you with some different idioms, so let's start there. The verb  distinguished  needs to be followed by  from  unless it's followed by  between , so elminate (B) and (C).  Between  appears in (D) and (E) and, as idiomatically,  between  must always be followed by  and . Eliminate (D) for pairing  between  and  from . Finally,on the question of expression, (E) is superior to (A) because (A) contains an unnecessary  their , (E) is the winner.

aaba · Answer

boiled down to A and E.
between...and... is correct here b/c "bipolar disorders" and "alterations" are 2 distinct types.
also, "their" in A is unnecessary and ambiguous.

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