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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Sat Apr 24, 2010 5:44 am
A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could,
(B) that they would, or could,
(C) they will be or could
(D) think that they will be or could
(E) think the power stations would or could

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by vivek1110 » Sat Apr 24, 2010 6:15 am
Is it B?? What's the source?
Is caught between a rock and a hard place!
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by frank1 » Sat Apr 24, 2010 6:28 am
Underlining will make things easier

D or E
ok D
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by loveusonu » Sat Apr 24, 2010 12:00 pm
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could,
(B) that they would, or could,
(C) they will be or could
(D) think that they will be or could
(E) think the power stations would or could

plz help
IMO E.

Parallelism: Journalists view....but think (hence A,B,C out)

(D) think that they will be or could --->INCORRECT: Correct forms would be: "will be OR can be"\ "would be OR could be"
(E) think the power stations would or could --->CORRECT: that "Assumption or any future prediction made in past" requires would\could\should
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by akhpad » Sun Apr 25, 2010 6:43 am
A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could,
-> Separated by comma not required because only two options

(B) that they would, or could,
-> same as above

(C) they will be or could
"they" incorrectly refers to journalists.

(D) think that they will be or could
they -> refers to nuclear power stations -> correct

(E) think the power stations would or could

Not needed to repeat.
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by manumanrai » Tue May 04, 2010 10:15 am
Shouldn't the usage be of :
will and can
would and could

Is it correct to use will with could or for that matter, can with would?
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by bichoo » Tue May 04, 2010 10:41 am
IMO D as well.

Is there any parallelism here: "will be or could be"? I determined the answer based on this.
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by ansumania » Tue May 04, 2010 3:17 pm
IMO D , though need to understand why E can't be true.
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by dxgamez » Tue May 04, 2010 7:03 pm
The only parallel option is in C. Will be or could be.

Think the underline stops before the word "be".

So option c is best.
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by DonPaw » Tue May 04, 2010 8:07 pm
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could,
(B) that they would, or could,
(C) they will be or could
(D) think that they will be or could
(E) think the power stations would or could

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I think it should be "E" noun is clearly mentioned and since the conversation is in the past .. would or could makes more sense. Interested to know whats the correct answer?
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Wed May 05, 2010 12:12 am
i am getting a huge no of answers B,C,D,E etc but the correct answer will be only one.wheather the forum is not effective to understand and get the right answer.
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by akhpad » Wed May 05, 2010 12:43 am
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:i am getting a huge no of answers B,C,D,E etc but the correct answer will be only one.wheather the forum is not effective to understand and get the right answer.
I believe that this problem is from 1000SC, which is not the good source and has no explanation.

If you have problem from good source then you can request explanation from expert but Some of the GMAT teacher ask for source.

BTW, Answer for above problem is D but no explanation. right?

I believe that based on above explanation you can yourself make some judgment.

You didn't post OA till now.

Here is your problem with key


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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Wed May 05, 2010 3:21 am
i have 1000sc wid answers but i need explanations thats why i posted this topic. 1000sc is a bad source but it has good questions. other sources i have having both answers n explanation. so neednot to post them

oa is D only
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