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by arorag » Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:19 pm
For many people, household labor remains demanding even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle.
(A) even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
(B) despite being able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
(C) even if they can afford household appliances their grandparents would have found miraculous
(D) although they could afford household appliances their grandparents would find miraculous
(E) even if they are able to afford household appliances which would have been a miracle to their grandparents

Why D is wrong and C is better
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by chidcguy » Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:10 pm
D says their grandparents would find miraculous

IMO,They wont find it, We are talking about a possibility and hence would have found is better.
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by sulabh » Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:55 pm
I think both 'would' and 'would have' suggest a possibility./however 'would find..' suggest that granparents would find it in future whereas 'would have found..' suggest that granparents would have found it miraclous in their time. So we need 'would + have + past particple'.
750(Q50,V40)
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by kanak » Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:55 am
IMO, answer is E.
Please confirm..
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by sibbineni » Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:59 pm
we use subunctiveto describean occurencethat we have presupposed contrary to fact.

It takes if........were, would ... form

so IMO C
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by GmatKiss » Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:23 am
IMO C,

E is a close choice, but is wordy!
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