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by nataashaj » Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:34 pm
If present metal prices continue to sharply rise, the value of the copper in a penny will soon be greater than the face value of the coin

(A) If present metal prices continue to sharply rise,
(B) If present metal prices are continuing their sharp rise,
(C) Should present metal prices continue their sharp rise,
(D) Continuation of sharply rising metal prices should mean that
(E) Metal prices’ sharp rise continuing should mean that
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by riteshbindal » Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:46 pm
I think its A. OA plz.
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by nataashaj » Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:03 pm
answer is C
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by vishal1702 » Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:59 am
If I had not known the OA, I would have selected A as my answer....

The setup(If..then) of the above sentence inspired me to select A among others but still a compromise as adverb(sharply) is being used to modify a noun(rise). Their sharp(now an adjective) rise would have been better, and therefore C is correct.

I agree, should could have been replaced by a better word(such as if)
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by riteshbindal » Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:21 am
vishal1702 wrote:If I had not known the OA, I would have selected A as my answer....

The setup(If..then) of the above sentence inspired me to select A among others but still a compromise as adverb(sharply) is being used to modify a noun(rise). Their sharp(now an adjective) rise would have been better, and therefore C is correct.

I agree, should could have been replaced by a better word(such as if)
Hope this helps....
In the sentence, "metal prices continue to sharply rise" metal prices is noun, rise is a verb and sharply is adverb. So an adverb is modifying a verb which is correct. How can rise be a noun in this sentence.
An example where we can say that rise is a noun is "The rise of world". Here, rise is a noun, but not in the initial sentence.

Nataasha, do you have official explanation?
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by arorag » Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:03 am
A is wrong becoz construction----to verb is distorted here
Always to+ verb
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by vishal1702 » Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:18 am
riteshbindal wrote:
vishal1702 wrote:If I had not known the OA, I would have selected A as my answer....

The setup(If..then) of the above sentence inspired me to select A among others but still a compromise as adverb(sharply) is being used to modify a noun(rise). Their sharp(now an adjective) rise would have been better, and therefore C is correct.

I agree, should could have been replaced by a better word(such as if)
Hope this helps....
In the sentence, "metal prices continue to sharply rise" metal prices is noun, rise is a verb and sharply is adverb. So an adverb is modifying a verb which is correct. How can rise be a noun in this sentence.
An example where we can say that rise is a noun is "The rise of world". Here, rise is a noun, but not in the initial sentence.

Nataasha, do you have official explanation?
Okay i was wrong in suggesting rise as a noun, thanks Ritesh for correcting me...but to rise is an infinitive(a verb-noun)...& it can be modified by an adverb such as sharply...but here its a case of split infinitive(to sharply rise) that rules out option A. Therefore to rise sharply or their sharp rise would have been better.

Does it now make sense....
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by umaa » Sat Aug 15, 2009 12:34 pm
But,

IMO, C is wrong. We shouldn't use SHOULD in place of IF.

IMO B
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by nataashaj » Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:35 pm
no ,i dont have the explaination.
I just know the answer is C
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by capnx » Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:41 pm
Should can also be used as a conditional:

Should A happen, B happens...
If A happens, B happens...

I think answer B is incorrect because present progressive is unnecessary for the meaning of the sentence. simple present is better in C because it's a simple statement of fact.
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