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Select the most appropriate option to improve the highlighted segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘no improvement
Question

Select the most appropriate option to improve the highlighted segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘no improvement required’.
Saroj has been suffering with osteoporosis from when she was fifty years old.

A.

from osteoporosis since

B.

from osteoporosis from when

C.

with osteoporosis since

D.

no improvement required

Correct option is A

The correct substitution of the highlighted words is (a) from osteoporosis since.
Explanation:
The original phrase "suffering with osteoporosis from when" is grammatically incorrect and awkward. It incorrectly uses:
· The preposition "with", which is not standard in this medical expression.
· The phrase "from when", which is wordy and ungrammatical in standard English.
The correct form is:
"suffer from [disease] since [specific point in time]"
So, the improved sentence is:
"Saroj has been suffering from osteoporosis since she was fifty years old."
Grammatical Rule Used:
"Suffer from" is the standard collocation used when referring to illness or disease.
✔ Use "since" with perfect or perfect continuous tenses to refer to the starting point of an action or condition that is still continuing.
Correct Usage Examples:
· He has been suffering from asthma since childhood.
· She suffers from anxiety due to stress.
Why other options are incorrect:
· (b) from osteoporosis from when – grammatically awkward and repetitive with double "from".
· (c) with osteoporosis since – incorrect use of "with" instead of "from" in medical context.
· (d) no improvement required – incorrect, as the original phrase contains two grammatical errors.
�� Grammar Info Booster:
· ✅ Suffer from – correct expression for diseases or conditions.
·    ❌ Suffer with – informal and not used in standard written English.
· ✅ Use "since + point in time" (e.g., since 2010, since she was 50)
· ✅ Use "for + duration" (e.g., for 10 years, for a decade)

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