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Disabling effect - Conditionals

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by aiming4mba » Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:16 am
IMO: B
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by subgeeth » Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:52 am
I chose C experts please.............
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by chrsrook » Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:37 am
I think it is C.

The reason I think this is the answer is that the sentence fragment prior to underlined portion ends with "say that" and so anything following this must continue to "what they are actually saying" .

Can we have the OA please?
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by lkm » Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:33 pm
+1 for (C)

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by Shawshank » Wed Apr 14, 2010 4:19 am
suchoudh wrote:The parents of a baby born with spina bifida say that had they known the child would be born with a disabling defect that can result in paralysis, profound learning disabilities and fluid on the brain, they might have chosen to abort the pregnancy.

(A) had they known the child would be born with a disabling defect that can result in paralysis, profound learning disabilities and fluid on the brain, they might have chosen to abort the pregnancy

(B) had they known the child would be born with a disabling defect that can result in paralysis, profound learning disabilities and fluid on the brain, they would have chosen to abort the pregnancy

(C) they might have chosen to abort the pregnancy if they had known the child would be born with a disabling defect that can result in paralysis, profound learning disabilities and fluid on the brain

(D) if they had known the child would be born with a disabling defect that can result in paralysis, profound learning disabilities and fluid on the brain, they might have chosen to abort the pregnancy

(E) they might have chose to abort the pregnancy had they known the child would be born with a disabling defect that can result in paralysis, profound learning disabilities and fluid on the brain

OA to follow.

Well, I always have a problem choosing between the conditionals; and I am unsure how to eliminate any of these answer choices. It would be helpful if someone can point a general rule here.[/quote

PLEASE POST THE OA ... THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE CHOICES NOW>>>
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by suchoudh » Wed Apr 14, 2010 5:40 pm
OA: A

I don't know the explanation. But my reasoning why A is the answer.

B is incorrect as it changes the meaning of the sentence from "might have" to "would have," which has a different level of certainty.

C & D are less concise than A is ("if they" is not needed).

E makes the mistake in tense ("have chose").
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by neha.patni » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:51 pm
hd1 wrote:Whats the OA for this?

I am guessing its E
I believe the answer is 'C'...what is the answer?
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by loveusonu » Sat Apr 17, 2010 12:29 pm
Should be B:

Concept of Possible Past i.e
If Were....would
Had I\If I had...would Have

eg. :Had I scored 750 in GMAT, I would have applied to Oxford.

using might\should: all are INCORRECT for a possible past action

Hope that helps!!
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