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learner12
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 Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 5:54 pm Post subject: Now there ...... |
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Now there is more emphasis on allowing patients to determine the extent to which they want to undergo treatment, if at all, once they have discovered what ails them. ( +++++ ), patients may choose not to pursue any medical intervention because of the potential harm and side effects of many treatments.
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What is the best word for ( +++++ )?
a) However
b) In addition
c) Nevertheless
I guess c) is correct.
Could you tell me what the right answer is? Why do you think so? |
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pugachevV
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:02 am Post subject: |
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| I would prefer, "However". It's used to introduce a statement in contrast to the previous one. |
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learner12
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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Dear pugachevV:
Thank you for your replies. |
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EnErgiser
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 12:18 am Post subject: |
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Actually I think the correct answer is b) In addition. Here's why.
�However� connects two opposite things. E.g.: I love ice-cream. However, I don't have it often because I'm worried about putting on weight.
The two sentences in our question are basically talking about the same thing, only to different degrees. Let's simplify them.
Sentence 1: Patients can decide how much treatment they want.
Sentence 2: (+++++), patients may choose not to have any treatment.
Clearly, sentence 2 goes a step further than sentence 1. And so we should use �in addition�.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:53 pm Post subject: Re: Now there ...... |
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| learner12 wrote: |
Now there is more emphasis on allowing patients to determine the extent to which they (want to) undergo treatment, if at all, once they have discovered what ails them.
( +++++ ), patients may choose not to pursue any medical intervention because of the potential harm and side effects of many treatments.
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I guess c) is correct.
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I am not surprised that there is no agreement on the correct choice, because I think none of the choices are good.
The second sentence can just be left to begin with 'Patients', or it can be revised as follows.
'One of the reasons patients may choose not........intervention is because of the..................treatments.' |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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Now there is more emphasis on allowing patients to determine the extent to which they want to undergo treatment, if at all, once they have discovered what ails them.
( +++++ ), patients may choose not to pursue any medical intervention because of the potential harm and side effects of many treatments.
| EnErgiser wrote: |
Actually I think the correct answer is b) In addition. Here's why.
The two sentences in our question are basically talking about the same thing, only to different degrees. Let's simplify them.
Sentence 1: Patients can decide how much treatment they want if any.
Sentence 2: (+++++), patients may choose not to have any treatment.
Clearly, sentence 2 goes a step further than sentence 1. It does, but not in the way you indicated. Sentence 2 goes further by giving one of the possible reasons for refusing treatment.
And so we should use "in addiition". "In addition" may be the 'least bad' choice, but adding it doesn't seem to be suitable or to result in good English, in my opinion. |
It almost sounds like someone found the two sentences and decided to make a test question out of them by asking which word(s) (could)(should) be added to the front of sentence 2. |
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