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by metallicafan » Mon May 13, 2013 6:46 am
A recent poll of elected officials suggests that candidates, when in the midst of a tough campaign, often make statements about an opponent that they may not think is true.

A. is
B. are
C. to be
D. of as
E. it is

OA is B .

Should't "think" be followed by another "that"? We are introducing a new subordinate clause: "(the statements) are true". Accoding to the sentence, the opponents don't agree with that claim.

Also, when we use THINK, that verb must be followed by THAT.
Even, I think that the correct sentence should be:

"...often make statements about an opponent that they may not think THAT THOSE STATEMENTS ARE true."
I repeat STATEMENTS to eliminate a possible ambiguity.


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by hemant_rajput » Wed May 15, 2013 12:49 am
your rephrase sentence is wordy and awkward.

the correct sentence is

candidates make statements (about an opponent) that they may not think are true.
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by David@VeritasPrep » Wed May 15, 2013 3:54 pm
"often make statements about an opponent that they may not think ARE true"...is correct as hemant_rajput has indicated above.

"statements" is plural so you need "are."

You do not need to use "that" because you are not quoting the statement! "That" is used to paraphrase someone's thoughts. So if I am going to say "She thought that I should study Geometry more often" I need the word "that" since I am basically quoting what she is thinking. But in this case we are quoting what someone is thinking.

Does that help to clear it up?
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