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by goelmohit2002 » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:44 am
Hi All,

In the below question, OA is [spoiler]"C"[/spoiler].

Can somebody please help me understand what is the problem with [spoiler]"D"[/spoiler]? Are we kicking out [spoiler]"D"[/spoiler] because of wordiness or there is some rule of grammar that is broken here ?

In general people support cuts in government spending until they discover that it will affect their own day-to-day lives quite practically.

(A) it will affect
(B) it would affect
(C) the cuts will affect
(D) the cuts' affects will be on
(E) it will have an affect on

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c iS Right

by Dream Weaver » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:59 am
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:56 am Post subject: C is right.

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In general people support cuts in government spending until they discover that it will affect their own day-to-day lives quite practically.

(A) it will affect [Singular vs Plural]
(B) it would affect [Singular vs Plural]
(C) the cuts will affect Is right.
(D) the cuts' affects will be on This is wrong Mohit, becuase more than wordiness the use of cuts' affects is wrong.
(E) it will have an affect on Too long

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Re: c iS Right

by goelmohit2002 » Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:07 am
Dream Weaver wrote:Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:56 am Post subject:

(D) the cuts' affects will be on This is wrong Mohit, becuase more than wordiness the use of cuts' affects is wrong.
Can you please explain a bit more about this. What is wrong in this ?
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by Dream Weaver » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:26 am
(D) the cuts' affects will be on

This is wrong because it does not comply with subject verb relationship.

Its against the grammar, to use cuts' followed by affects.
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by goelmohit2002 » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:35 am
Thanks. Got it.

if "D" would have been like:
Modified 1....D) the cuts' affect will be on
Modified 2....D) the cuts affect will be on

Then would either of "modified 1.... D" or "modified 2.... D" be correct ?

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you got it ryt buddy !!

by Dream Weaver » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:38 am
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My take on this..

by Dream Weaver » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:13 am
if "D" would have been like:
Modified 1....D) the cuts' affect will be on
Modified 2....D) the cuts affect will be on

Honestly Mohit, I will have to check / confiirm myself, but IMO its the former one which I am going for.
Cuts' affect sounds good to me.
Lets take another opinion on this one.
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by tuscan21 » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:15 am
D is wrong because the correct noun would be effect and not affect.
The equivalent noun of the verb affect is effect.
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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:27 am
Thanks Tuscan and dream weaver.
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