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by viidyasagar » Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:09 am
An individual will find it difficult to campaign successfully for public office if there is an absence of support from political action committees.

(A) if there is an absence of support from political action committees

(B) if the support of political action committees is absent

(C) there being an absence of support from political action committees

(D) when political action committee support is absent

(E) without the support of political action committees

OA - E

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by thephoenix » Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:25 am
viidyasagar wrote:An individual will find it difficult to campaign successfully for public office if there is an absence of support from political action committees.

(A) if there is an absence of support from political action committees

(B) if the support of political action committees is absent

(C) there being an absence of support from political action committees

(D) when political action committee support is absent

(E) without the support of political action committees

OA - E

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the s/c is testing for whether to go for a hypothetical situation or for fact one on reading the s/c carefully its actually stating a fact , its not hypothesizing any thing
keeping that in mind we don't need if so A and B are eliminated
now C is extra passive
and D changes the intended meaning;
only left is E
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by viidyasagar » Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:24 am
Appreciate your response!!!
the s/c is testing for whether to go for a hypothetical situation or for fact one on reading the s/c carefully its actually stating a fact
Would you like to explain how the statement in Question is fact-based and not hypothetical? Isn't future always hypothetical?

Moreover, are these non-hypothetical "if" statements incorrect???

She gets very upset if I exclude her from anything - https://www.thefreedictionary.com/IF

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Isn't the current Q testing us on brevity alone? I would like to imagine that "if there is an absence of" may be replaced by a simple "without" else A is good.

Do you think i am missing something?
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by gauravgundal » Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:31 am
If we look carefully ,we can't guess whether a question is factual or hyp.
I think this sentence is trying to make us find the best answer.
I think both A and E are correct,but E is better than A
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by gmatmachoman » Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:46 am
I see A to be "redudant statement"

E seems to short & straight to the point...
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by sumanr84 » Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:54 am
viidyasagar wrote:An individual will find it difficult to campaign successfully for public office if there is an absence of support from political action committees.

(A) if there is an absence of support from political action committees - simple LACK wud do..too wordy..supposition

(B) if the support of political action committees is absent - same as A

(C) there being an absence of support from political action committees - Full of redundant words

(D) when political action committee support is absent - When should be used only for TIME & not for any conditional statement

(E) without the support of political action committees - Correct

OA - E

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by prinit » Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:05 pm
viidyasagar wrote:An individual will find it difficult to campaign successfully for public office if there is an absence of support from political action committees.

(A) if there is an absence of support from political action committees

(B) if the support of political action committees is absent

(C) there being an absence of support from political action committees

(D) when political action committee support is absent

(E) without the support of political action committees

OA - E

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my pick is E, it is concise and active.
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by josemaus » Sat Dec 29, 2012 2:59 pm
What trips me up is the usage of, "support of" vs. "support from". Can someone confirm whether, idiomatically, the two are interchangeable?
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