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by mehrasa » Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:44 pm
A plan CONQUERING the world is in his files.
A plan THAT WILL CONQUER the world is in his file
A plan TO CONQUER the world is in his files.

which on is correct? plz elaborate your pick
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by 1947 » Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:48 pm
A plan CONQUERING the world is in his files.
A plan THAT WILL CONQUER the world is in his file
A plan TO CONQUER the world is in his files.


A plan TO CONQUER the world is in his files. is CORRECT
since plan itself can not conquer the world so a,b are out though all are grammatically correct.
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by mehrasa » Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:59 pm
1947 wrote:A plan CONQUERING the world is in his files.
A plan THAT WILL CONQUER the world is in his file
A plan TO CONQUER the world is in his files.


A plan TO CONQUER the world is in his files. is CORRECT
since plan itself can not conquer the world so a,b are out though all are grammatically correct.
I read that 'participle-ing' express result ==> the 1st stat means ' a plan which results in conquering the world is in his file' why it is not correct?

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by GmatKiss » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:41 pm
mehrasa wrote:A plan CONQUERING the world is in his files.
A plan THAT WILL CONQUER the world is in his file
A plan TO CONQUER the world is in his files.

which on is correct? plz elaborate your pick
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by gunjan1208 » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:57 pm
I shall go with GMAT Kiss. Answer is 3rd one.

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