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by khurram » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:47 pm
New items developed for automobiles in the 1997 model year included
a safer air bag , which, unlike previous air bags, eliminated the possibility
that a burst of smoke would appear when the bag inflated, and making an
already terrified passenger think the car was on fire.
A. inflated, and making.
B. Inflated, so that it could make.
C. Inflated and made.
D. Inflated and make.
E. Inflated to make.

OA is E

A and B are out.

why are C and D out. and in what cases would they be correct instead of E.

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by Rashmi1804 » Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:13 am
I think the answer is D...
because...in D...the two verbs are parallel....
that a burst of smoke would appear when the bag inflated, and make an already terrified passenger think the car was on fire

the new change eliminates the possibiliy that x would happen and terrify the passenger.....

there is no sense....in " burst of smoke would appear when bag inflated to make an already terrified passenger think the car was in fire"

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by PinkBox » Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:52 pm
"to" is used as "in order to" so
a burst of smoke would appear (in order) to make an already terrified passenger think the car was on fire.
go with E
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by crueltogmat » Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:40 am
But dont you people think that option E altogether changes the meaning of the original sentence, by saying that "the burt of smoke appeared to make the already terrified passenger think the car was on fire."

I would go with Option D, because of the reasons provided by Rashmi.

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by real2008 » Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:57 am
PinkBox wrote:"to" is used as "in order to" so
a burst of smoke would appear (in order) to make an already terrified passenger think the car was on fire.
go with E
i am not convinced with the explanation that 'to' means 'in order to'. and even if it is so I don't find any meaning in the sentence...
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by cramya » Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:24 pm
IMO If we are taking about 2 different things that the safer air bag did then C (made would be parallel to eliminated)would be ok.

Here its E since
that a burst of smoke would appear when the bag inflated is what made the already terrified passenger think the car was on fire

use infinitive (to) to express intent(to make). Pinkbox has explained the same in adifferent way

Somone feel free to correct me. Hope this helps!

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by aj5105 » Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:11 pm
I agree with CR.

'eliminated and made' are parallel. But in this context, this parallelism doesn't make sense. So, we can eliminate A, C, D.

B can be eliminated on the basis of ambiguous pronoun reference.
It can refer to bag or smoke.

What say CR?

cramya wrote:IMO If we are taking about 2 different things that the safer air bag did then C (made would be parallel to eliminated)would be ok.

Here its E since
that a burst of smoke would appear when the bag inflated is what made the already terrified passenger think the car was on fire

use infinitive (to) to express intent(to make). Pinkbox has explained the same in adifferent way

Somone feel free to correct me. Hope this helps!

Regards,
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