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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:20 pm
During the recession of 1973, home mortgage foreclosures resulted in tens of thousands of Americans being evicted from homes that they can no longer afford monthly payments.

(A) that they can
(B) that they could
(C) on which they can
(D) because they can
(E) for which they could


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by outreach » Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:58 pm
i thought it was D...
but i am wrong. found a nice explanation by "Stacey Koprince"

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by pnk » Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:03 pm
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:During the recession of 1973, home mortgage foreclosures resulted in tens of thousands of Americans being evicted from homes that they can no longer afford monthly payments.

(A) that they can
(B) that they could
(C) on which they can
(D) because they can
(E) for which they could


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past event...could...B vs E

B - they refer to forclosures. IMO E
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by arora007 » Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:50 pm
I too fell for B, the non-essential modifier as explained by stacey makes sense...
but then the "for" story goes over my head...
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by rahultmac29 » Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:12 pm
It is E isn't it?

I guess it could have been B had there been no "monthly payments" at the end...
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by diebeatsthegmat » Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:51 pm
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:During the recession of 1973, home mortgage foreclosures resulted in tens of thousands of Americans being evicted from homes that they can no longer afford monthly payments.

(A) that they can
(B) that they could
(C) on which they can
(D) because they can
(E) for which they could


plz explain
OA must be E 4 sure cos "afford +for"
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by indiantiger » Thu Jul 29, 2010 4:50 am
the event is in the past so E
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