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by abhishekg21 » Mon Dec 20, 2010 9:33 pm
The expected rise in the price of oil could be a
serious impact to industrialized nations and severely
diminish the possibility to have an economy free of
inflation.

(A) be a serious impact to industrialized nations
and severely diminish the possibility to have
(B) seriously impact on industrialized nations and
severely impede the possibility to have
(C) seriously impact on industrialized nations and
severely impede the possibility of having
(D) have a serious impact on industrialized nations
and severely impede the possibility to have
(E) have a serious impact on industrialized nations
and severely diminish the possibility of
having

OA after some discussion
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by Rezinka » Mon Dec 20, 2010 11:12 pm
IMO : E

The expected rise in the price of oil could be a
serious impact to industrialized nations and severely
diminish the possibility to have an economy free of
inflation.

(A) be a serious impact to industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility to have : not parallel

(B) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have : could seriously impact on... wrong formation

(C) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility of having : same as b

(D) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have : wrong idiom. It should be possibility of having

(E) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility of having : Correct
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by anshumishra » Mon Dec 20, 2010 11:20 pm
abhishekg21 wrote:The expected rise in the price of oil could be a
serious impact to industrialized nations and severely
diminish the possibility to have an economy free of
inflation.

(A) be a serious impact to industrialized nations
and severely diminish the possibility to have
(B) seriously impact on industrialized nations and
severely impede the possibility to have
(C) seriously impact on industrialized nations and
severely impede the possibility of having
(D) have a serious impact on industrialized nations
and severely impede the possibility to have
(E) have a serious impact on industrialized nations
and severely diminish the possibility of
having

OA after some discussion
A - Parallelism Error (be a serious impact <-> severely diminish the possibility)
B/C - Awkward construction (rise in the price of oil could seriously impact on industrialized nations)
D - Idiom Error (possibility to have -> Should be - > Possibility of having)
E - Correct
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by abhishekg21 » Mon Dec 20, 2010 11:47 pm
yes OA is E.thanks for the reasoning.
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