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by GMATMadeEasy » Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:52 am
A new experiment using a form of matter Albert Einstein predicted to exist might someday pave the way for fine-scale tests of general relativity, the famed physicist's phenomenally successful theory of gravitation.


Is the underlined protion above is correct ?

Or it should be "a form of matter that Albert Einstein predicted to exist "
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:00 am
can u put the complete question with options along with source
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by GMATMadeEasy » Wed Jun 23, 2010 7:20 am
It is a statment taken from a journal, this uses very good grammer construction. So need expert comment.
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by GMATGuruNY » Wed Jun 23, 2010 7:42 am
GMATMadeEasy wrote:A new experiment using a form of matter Albert Einstein predicted to exist might someday pave the way for fine-scale tests of general relativity, the famed physicist's phenomenally successful theory of gravitation.


Is the underlined protion above is correct ?

Or it should be "a form of matter that Albert Einstein predicted to exist "
The underlined portion is not correct.

The idiom is wrong: you don't predict someone to do something. You predict that someone will do something, or you predicted that someone would do something.

The meaning is strange. You can't predict that something will exist. It either exists, or it doesn't. You could predict the discovery of something.

A word of advice:

Don't look to the real world for examples of correct grammar. Many fine publications break the rules of grammar on a regular basis.
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by GMATMadeEasy » Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:48 pm
It is from https://www.scientificamerican.com/ . I am surprised if it is not correct.

the sentence here is "Someone prediced to exist" is working as a modified for "a form of matter" . WHat I uspect is usage of that is required ?

Please advise on both the points above.

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by frank1 » Wed Jun 23, 2010 9:01 pm
GMATMadeEasy wrote:It is from https://www.scientificamerican.com/ . I am surprised if it is not correct.

the sentence here is "Someone prediced to exist" is working as a modified for "a form of matter" . WHat I uspect is usage of that is required ?

Please advise on both the points above.

Thanks.
yes...it may be debated tropic...
but i always think real life practical english and GMAT english are two different things....which are related but not same.....
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