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by vineeshp » Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:35 pm
Source: Grockit

Decreasing available grants, when unrelieved alternatively by subsidies, might bring about funding shortages that can bankrupt many non-profit organizations.

A) when unrelieved alternatively by subsidies, might bring about
B) when not relieved by alternative subsidies, brings about
C) when they were unrelieved by alternative subsidies, might bring about
D) if not alternatively relieved by subsidies, possibly brings about
E) if not relieved by alternative subsidies, might bring about

[spoiler]OA:E[/spoiler]
Last edited by vineeshp on Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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by jainnikhil02 » Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:42 pm
IMO A

what is OA
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by vineeshp » Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:19 pm
Nope you are wrong (according to Grockit)

Explanation given by them:
"If," "whether," and "when" are commonly confused terms. "If" should always note a hypothetical situation; "whether" is appropriate when there is an "or not" (either explicitly or implicitly stated). (Note that "when" is only correct on the GMAT when it refers to an actual time.)

Since the situation described in the segment enclosed by commas is, in fact, hypothetical, "if" is appropriate here. And comparing (D) and (E), the two choices that contain "if," you should notice the variations "alternatively relieved" in choice (D) and "alternative subsidies" in (E). Since we don't mean to say that they were "alternatively relieved" (as compared to perhaps "traditionally relieved"), (D) must be incorrect. Finally, (E) reads much less awkwardly than does (D).
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