33) A historian attempting to predict in the 1870’s which nation would take over world leadership from the British probably would have guessed Bismarck’s Prussia and been quite wrong.
(A) have guessed Bismarck’s Prussia and been
(B) have guessed that it would have been Bismarck’s Prussia and he would be
(C) have guessed Bismarck’s Prussia and would be
(D) guess Bismarck’s Prussia and be
(E) guess that it would be Bismarck’s Prussia and would have been
IMO C
Parallelism : would X and Would Y
OA after few posts
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I think its E. Any answer that states "and he would be", "and would be" is wrong because it has the wrong tense. Saying he would be wrong is incorrect because it implies that we don't already know the result. Since we know the result you want to use "would have been wrong".
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I'd go with D.
This is a hypothetical statement, which requires the use of the base form of the verbs "guess" and "be".
This is a hypothetical statement, which requires the use of the base form of the verbs "guess" and "be".
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I'd vote for D.
B is wordy
So is E
C is incorrect tenses .
lEft with A and D
A is not parallel ...
D is correct. besides attempting to predict ...would guess....fits well !
Hope this helps
Can we have the OA and OE please.
B is wordy
So is E
C is incorrect tenses .
lEft with A and D
A is not parallel ...
D is correct. besides attempting to predict ...would guess....fits well !
Hope this helps
Can we have the OA and OE please.
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have guessed is correct (verb aggrement) so D and E out...gmat740 wrote:33) A historian attempting to predict in the 1870�s which nation would take over world leadership from the British probably would have guessed Bismarck�s Prussia and been quite wrong.
(A) have guessed Bismarck�s Prussia and been
(B) have guessed that it would have been Bismarck�s Prussia and he would be
(C) have guessed Bismarck�s Prussia and would be
(D) guess Bismarck�s Prussia and be
(E) guess that it would be Bismarck�s Prussia and would have been
IMO C
Parallelism : would X and Would Y
OA after few posts
B is wordy
C is correct would be seems to be appropriate..
A would be is incorrect..
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