During the recession of 1973, home mortgage foreclosures resulted in tens of thousands of Americans being evicted from homes that they can no longer afford monthly payments.
(A) that they can
(B) that they could
(C) on which they can
(D) because they can
(E) for which they could
OA: E
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Navami,
I think Because will be more appropriate to tell this? Moreover, which refers to what here???? homes???
Could you be bit more clear?
I think Because will be more appropriate to tell this? Moreover, which refers to what here???? homes???
Could you be bit more clear?
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which refers to homesChaitanya_1986 wrote:Navami,
I think Because will be more appropriate to tell this? Moreover, which refers to what here???? homes???
Could you be bit more clear?
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GmatKiss wrote:During the recession of 1973, home mortgage foreclosures resulted in tens of thousands of Americans being evicted from homes that they can no longer afford monthly payments.
(A) that they can
(B) that they could
(C) on which they can
(D) because they can
(E) for which they could
for is used to give reason/example, over here the sentence demands explanation and therefore the usage of for is correct
Because is also use to give reason but the usage of can [present tense] is wrong
OA: E
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Fell for BGmatKiss wrote:During the recession of 1973, home mortgage foreclosures resulted in tens of thousands of Americans being evicted from homes that they can no longer afford monthly payments.
(A) that they can
(B) that they could
(C) on which they can
(D) because they can
(E) for which they could
OA: E
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Acing this SC in less than 40 secs depends on whether we can decide between can and could.
Because the event already happened in the past, we cannot use can in this context, because the sentence is describing the situation that Americans faced during 1973 recession. Thus, we can get rid of A,C and D straight of the bat.
Left with B and E.
Clearly, as someone mentioned above that that doesn't have a proper referent, we can eliminate B.
E is the winner.
Because the event already happened in the past, we cannot use can in this context, because the sentence is describing the situation that Americans faced during 1973 recession. Thus, we can get rid of A,C and D straight of the bat.
Left with B and E.
Clearly, as someone mentioned above that that doesn't have a proper referent, we can eliminate B.
E is the winner.
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