In recognizing the onset of mounting fury and making an honest attempt to slow down, you automatically give yourself the opportunity to choosing an appropriate reaction other than an anger outburst.
A) In recognizing the onset of mounting fury and making an honest attempt to slow down, you automatically give yourself
B) on recognizing the onset of mounting fury and making an honest attempt to slow down, you automatically give yourself
C) for recognizing the onset of mounting fury and making an honest attempt to slow down, you automatically give yourself
D) by recognizing the onset of mounting fury and making an honest attempt to slow down, you automatically give yourself
E) with recognizing the onset of mounting fury and making an honest attempt to slow down, you automatically give yourself

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This sentence has an error in the use of an inappropriate preposition (in). The preposition needs to denote the notion that is 'how' or 'through which', which is possible only by the preposition 'by'. Option D uses the suitable preposition (by), whereas other options use inappropriate prepositions (A -in/ B - on/ C - for/ E - with). Option D is the correct answer.

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