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by DROBULESH » Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:37 am
The reports from the Department of Commerce indicated that the economy had grown at an annual rate much higher than most economists had predicted may occur.
(A) had predicted may occur
(B) had predicted
(C) predicted the occurrence of
(D) predicted may occur
(E) predicted
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by stubbornp » Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:08 am
IMO C...
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by drgmatIL » Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:44 am
DROBULESH wrote:The reports from the Department of Commerce indicated that the economy had grown at an annual rate much higher than most economists had predicted may occur.
(A) had predicted may occur
(B) had predicted
(C) predicted the occurrence of
(D) predicted may occur
(E) predicted
they predicted after the economy grow...
C looks wordy - of...
D for me

OA?
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by Stockmoose16 » Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:08 pm
drgmatIL wrote:
DROBULESH wrote:The reports from the Department of Commerce indicated that the economy had grown at an annual rate much higher than most economists had predicted may occur.
(A) had predicted may occur
(B) had predicted
(C) predicted the occurrence of
(D) predicted may occur
(E) predicted
they predicted after the economy grow...
C looks wordy - of...
D for me

OA?
I think "may occur" is redundant, since "predicted" means there's always an element something may or may not occur.

I think it's either B or E (going with B, because had is parallel with had)
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by agent47 » Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:46 pm
IMO B
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by agent47 » Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:47 pm
IMO B
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by gmattester » Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:50 pm
IMO E
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by iwill » Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:55 pm
The reports from the Department of Commerce indicated that the economy had grown at an annual rate much higher than most economists had predicted may occur

predicted may occur is redundant. Hence rule out A and D
C is not fitting at all..

Actually confused between B and E.

My pick is E. OA please ..

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by Vignesh.4384 » Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:50 am
IMO E
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by amitansu » Fri Aug 08, 2008 2:09 am
Well, the real confusion is between "B" and " E".

'E' looks good when we see it's following the verb-tense order i.e. one portion is past participle and other portion is past.Both portions are past
happenings.

But in choice 'B' it says" The reports from the Department of Commerce indicated "

So, it indicates both portions of the sentence to be past participle,
which sounds more correct to me.

Any experts idea ??

Also please divulge the source of the q.

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by yogesh_kkk » Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:33 am
IMO B because we need a past perfect tense
expert had predicted and reports indicated
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by reachac » Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:20 am
IMO B
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