19. A President entering the final two years of a second term is likely to be at a severe disadvantage and is often unable to carry out a legislative program.
(A) likely to be at a severe disadvantage and is often unable to
(B) likely severely disadvantaged and often unable to
(C) liable to be severely disadvantaged and cannot often
(D) liable that he or she is at a severe disadvantage and cannot often
(E) at a severe disadvantage, often likely to be unable that he or she can
OA is A
My answer was B.
I understand that likely to be is a correct idiom. but doesn't the underlined portion have two clauses with different tenses.
one is future(likely to be) and one is present(is often unable) . Is that correct?
I thought parts of sentences should all be in the same tense unless they belong to different time periods.
Someone please explain me the concept...
(A) likely to be at a severe disadvantage and is often unable to
(B) likely severely disadvantaged and often unable to
(C) liable to be severely disadvantaged and cannot often
(D) liable that he or she is at a severe disadvantage and cannot often
(E) at a severe disadvantage, often likely to be unable that he or she can
OA is A
My answer was B.
I understand that likely to be is a correct idiom. but doesn't the underlined portion have two clauses with different tenses.
one is future(likely to be) and one is present(is often unable) . Is that correct?
I thought parts of sentences should all be in the same tense unless they belong to different time periods.
Someone please explain me the concept...
