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by fiza gupta » Mon Dec 19, 2016 3:46 am
A cricketer trying to predict the outcome of the one day world cup match in 1996 between the experienced Pakistan and the upstart Bangladesh, probably, would have chosen the then invincible Pakistan by an odds of 10/1 and being quite wrong

A) have chosen then invincible Pakistan by an odds of 10/1 and being quite wrong
B) have chosen the then invincible Pakistan by an odds of 10/1 and been quite wrong
C) choose the then invincible Pakistan by an odds of 10/1 and been quite wrong
D) choose the then invincible Pakistan by an odds of 10/1 and be quite wrong
E) choose in favor of the then invincible Pakistan by an odds of 10/1 and been quite wrong

OA:B
why D is wrong
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by DavidG@VeritasPrep » Wed Dec 21, 2016 2:15 pm
fiza gupta wrote:A cricketer trying to predict the outcome of the one day world cup match in 1996 between the experienced Pakistan and the upstart Bangladesh, probably, would have chosen the then invincible Pakistan by an odds of 10/1 and being quite wrong

A) have chosen then invincible Pakistan by an odds of 10/1 and being quite wrong
B) have chosen the then invincible Pakistan by an odds of 10/1 and been quite wrong
C) choose the then invincible Pakistan by an odds of 10/1 and been quite wrong
D) choose the then invincible Pakistan by an odds of 10/1 and be quite wrong
E) choose in favor of the then invincible Pakistan by an odds of 10/1 and been quite wrong

OA:B
why D is wrong
Well, the phrase "by an odds of 10/1" is incorrect, so I imagine this is not an official question, as every option has this problem. But D is wrong because the sentence addresses action in 1996, but "choose" is simple present tense.
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