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by GmatKiss » Sat Sep 24, 2011 7:32 am
One of every two new businesses fail within two years.

A . fail
B . fails
C . should fail
D . may have failed
E . has failed

why not E?
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by cans » Sat Sep 24, 2011 7:51 am
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by aspirant2011 » Sat Sep 24, 2011 7:51 am
GmatKiss wrote:One of every two new businesses fail within two years.

A . fail
B . fails
C . should fail
D . may have failed
E . has failed

why not E?
B is wrong because we can't predict about future ourselves.........E says it clearly from experience that one of two businesses has failed & is therefore correct.......
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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Sep 25, 2011 7:45 pm
GmatKiss wrote:One of every two new businesses fail within two years.

A . fail
B . fails
C . should fail
D . may have failed
E . has failed

why not E?
E is correct in grammar and sense; the issue is that it changes the meaning of the sentence slightly for no good reason. "fails" makes the sentence a statement of general truth; "has failed" changes the sentence to a report of results.
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by gunjan1208 » Sun Sep 25, 2011 8:11 pm
Yes it should be B. Also,this is generalization of some action. In that case we always prefer present indefinite tenses.
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by 1947 » Sun Sep 25, 2011 8:32 pm
GmatKiss wrote:One of every two new businesses fail within two years.

A . fail
B . fails
C . should fail
D . may have failed
E . has failed

why not E?
I again messed up with SV pair subject here is one so fails
of every two new businesses is prepositional phrase....
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