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by smagish » Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:16 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 techyrajeev » Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:51 am
IMO E

Since They has ambiguous reference in other choices.
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by vk_vinayak » Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:48 am
smagish 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) <think> that they will, or could,
(B) <think> that they would, or could,
(C) <think> they will be or could
(D) think that they will be or could
(E) think <that> the power stations would or could
A/B/C miss the parallel verb for 'view': 'think'.
E is using the past tense of 'will': 'would'.
- VK

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by crisro » Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:24 pm
IMO D is the best option.
We need the second verb think and then option D has the parallel verb forms think that they will be or could be made .....
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