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by ketkoag » Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:58 am
Not one of the potential investors is expected to make an offer to buy First Interstate Bank until a merger agreement is signed that includes a provision for penalties if the deal were not to be concluded.
A. is expected to make an offer to buy First Interstate Bank until a merger agreement is signed that includes a provision for penalties if the deal were
B. is expected to make an offer for buying First Interstate Bank until they sign a merger agreement including a provision for penalties if the deal was
C. is expected to make an offer to buy First Interstate Bank until a merger agreement be signed by them with a provision for penalties if the deal were
D. are expected to make an offer for buying First Interstate Bank until it signs a merger agreement with a provision for penalties included if the deal was
E. are expected to be making an offer to buy First Interstate Bank until they sign a merger agreement including a provision for penalties if the deal were

Please confirm the answer..
IMO : C
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by mittalashwani13 » Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:07 am
is it A?
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by rahulg83 » Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:45 am
A for me as well.....
subject is Not one, which is always singular unlike 'none'.
B,C,D and E all have S-V agreement error
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by raghavsarathy » Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:09 am
IMHO - A

B , C , E - Plural "they" and "them" are used in these options which is wrong as we are referring to the bank signing the agreeement. "It" would have been appropriate.

D - "provision for penalties included" is awkward. Hence ruled out.
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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:37 am
IMO B.

A. is expected to make an offer to buy First Interstate Bank until a merger agreement is signed that includes a provision for penalties if the deal were

deal....were = S-V mismatch.

B. is expected to make an offer for buying First Interstate Bank until they sign a merger agreement including a provision for penalties if the deal was

Correct. Here IMO they refer to investors.

C. is expected to make an offer to buy First Interstate Bank until a merger agreement be signed by them with a provision for penalties if the deal were
deal....were = S-V mismatch.

D. are expected to make an offer for buying First Interstate Bank until it signs a merger agreement with a provision for penalties included if the deal was
One of the Xs <singular> paradigm broken.

E. are expected to be making an offer to buy First Interstate Bank until they sign a merger agreement including a provision for penalties if the deal were
One of the Xs <singular> paradigm broken.
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by vinayakdl » Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:41 am
I will go with A as well

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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:15 am
vinayakdl wrote:I will go with A as well

Vinayak
Looks like B and D can be kicked out because of

"if....was"...

since this is a hypothetical situation...and as Manhattan says in hypothetical situation we need to have "if....were"....

is my reasoning correct...or there is something else that I am missing?
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by rahulg83 » Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:16 am
goelmohit2002 wrote:
A. is expected to make an offer to buy First Interstate Bank until a merger agreement is signed that includes a provision for penalties if the deal were

deal....were = S-V mismatch.
'If the deal were' is correct...Hypothetical subjunctive :)
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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:21 am
rahulg83 wrote:
goelmohit2002 wrote:
A. is expected to make an offer to buy First Interstate Bank until a merger agreement is signed that includes a provision for penalties if the deal were

deal....were = S-V mismatch.
'If the deal were' is correct...Hypothetical subjunctive :)
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by vinayakdl » Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:46 am
goelmohit2002 wrote:
vinayakdl wrote:I will go with A as well

Vinayak
Looks like B and D can be kicked out because of

"if....was"...

since this is a hypothetical situation...and as Manhattan says in hypothetical situation we need to have "if....was"....

is my reasoning correct...or there is something else that I am missing?

good catch...could be...may be some expert here can comment on that...i eleminated B because of "they", they seems to refer to the bank managers etc...not mentioned in the sentence...

Vinayak

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by perfectstranger » Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:19 am
goelmohit2002 wrote:
vinayakdl wrote:I will go with A as well

Vinayak
Looks like B and D can be kicked out because of

"if....was"...

since this is a hypothetical situation...and as Manhattan says in hypothetical situation we need to have "if....were"....

is my reasoning correct...or there is something else that I am missing?
A looks fine except if....were . How that can be a a hypothetical situation?
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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:23 am
perfectstranger wrote:
goelmohit2002 wrote:
vinayakdl wrote:I will go with A as well

Vinayak
Looks like B and D can be kicked out because of

"if....was"...

since this is a hypothetical situation...and as Manhattan says in hypothetical situation we need to have "if....were"....

is my reasoning correct...or there is something else that I am missing?
A looks fine except if....were . How that can be a a hypothetical situation?
Make this a thumb rule for GMAT:

If....was
if....would

is never correct in GMAT....

Note that this is hypothetical because some XYZ action is required if some PQR does not happen...

here not happening of PQR is a hypothetical situation.
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by ketkoag » Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:30 am
Does "them" in C refers to potential investers?? coz i selected that option by considering this fact..
does subjunctive should always have "that" with it...?
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by mehravikas » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:17 am
IMO - A
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by goelmohit2002 » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:25 am
ketkoag wrote:Does "them" in C refers to potential investers??
IMO Logically it try to refer to bank...which is a singular entity...so pronoun-case mismatch....
ketkoag wrote:does subjunctive should always have "that" with it...?
IMO Yes....can someone please tell if there is any exception to this rule.
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