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by diebeatsthegmat » Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:40 pm
The Texas citizens' oversight committee would not guess at the implications the revision to the laws governing interpreters in courtrooms have for participants who speak little or no English.

A/ at the implications the revision to the laws governing interpreters in courtrooms have
B/ what the implications the revision to the laws governing interpreters in courtrooms is
C/ what the implications the revision to the laws governing interpreters in courtrooms have
D/ at the implications the revision to the laws governing interpreters in courtrooms has
E/ as to the implications the revision to the laws governing interpreters in courtrooms
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by AIM GMAT » Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:47 pm
diebeatsthegmat wrote:The Texas citizens' oversight committee would not guess at the implications the revision to the laws governing interpreters in courtrooms have for participants who speak little or no English.

A/ at the implications the revision to the laws governing interpreters in courtrooms have
B/ what the implications the revision to the laws governing interpreters in courtrooms is
C/ what the implications the revision to the laws governing interpreters in courtrooms have
D/ at the implications the revision to the laws governing interpreters in courtrooms has
E/ as to the implications the revision to the laws governing interpreters in courtrooms
NIce question , IMO D.
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by tetura84 » Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:06 pm
Tough call between A vs C
Others I can eliminate
B/ what the implications the revision to the laws governing interpreters in courtrooms is
D/ at the implications the revision to the laws governing interpreters in courtrooms has
E/ as to the implications the revision to the laws governing interpreters in courtrooms

I prefer C to A
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by Tani » Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:54 pm
I don't like "the" in "what the implications.." - I would go back to A
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by singh181 » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:56 pm
Indeed a weird question. Is it related to GMAT?

IMO A.
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by tetura84 » Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:58 pm
Tani, please explain the difference between the idioms,
guess at vs guess what

You said, what the implications is wrong.
But, why we don't have issue with at the implications
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Fri Apr 01, 2011 12:49 am
diebeatsthegmat wrote:The Texas citizens' oversight committee would not guess at the implications the revision to the laws governing interpreters in courtrooms have for participants who speak little or no English.

A/ at the implications the revision to the laws governing interpreters in courtrooms have
B/ what the implications the revision to the laws governing interpreters in courtrooms is
C/ what the implications the revision to the laws governing interpreters in courtrooms have
D/ at the implications the revision to the laws governing interpreters in courtrooms has
E/ as to the implications the revision to the laws governing interpreters in courtrooms
Firstly, I assumed that the word 'implications' in the sentence is modified by 'the revision to the laws governing interpreters in courtrooms' and think that implications is the subject.

Since all the options begin with implications - I see a 3-2 split in options AC and BDE based on what they end with. Since implications is plural, it should take plural verb which is 'have' and not is/have. E is completely eliminated based on idiomatic error .. 'guess as to'

Between A and C.

I thought the idiomatic usage is key concept to select between the two.

In C, 'guess what' seems awkward with the word 'for' (immediate word after the underlined sentence).

Thus A.

OA PLEASE! :)
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by Tani » Sat Apr 02, 2011 6:33 am
https://dictionary.reference.com/browse/guess

The above link might be helpful.
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