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henryjejo: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 58; Joined: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:12 pm; Thanked: 7 times

by henryjejo » Tue Aug 21, 2012 11:39 pm

varundaga05 wrote:can someone explain the difference between will and Would

Hi,
Would is the past form of will. In this case, the past form of the verb "Announced" requires as "would".

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by confuse mind » Sat Aug 25, 2012 8:40 pm

vaivish wrote:716. The company announced that its profits declined much less in the second quarter than analysts had expected it to and its business will improve in the second half of the year.
(A) had expected it to and its business will improve
(B) had expected and that its business would improve
(C) expected it would and that it will improve its business
(D) expected them to and its business would improve
(E) expected and that it will have improved its business

Oa is B

For the reasons mentioned above, I agree that B is correct.
One confusion:

is that in the parallel structure of B essential?
(B) had expected and that its business would improve

experts, please help...

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by babuxavier » Tue Dec 18, 2012 8:17 am

IMO B

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by hutch27 » Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:27 am

716. The company announced that its profits declined much less in the second quarter than analysts had expected it to and its business will improve in the second half of the year.
(A) had expected it to and its business will improve
(B) had expected and that its business would improve
(C) expected it would and that it will improve its business
(D) expected them to and its business would improve
(E) expected and that it will have improved its business

For all the lazy people who like to see the underlining.

Also I think B is the right answer because past participle had is correct and because parallelism is required. The company announced that... and that.

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