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by real2008 » Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:43 am
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


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by gmat740 » Thu Jul 09, 2009 4:22 am
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.

Read the Red and Blue part together.
Do they sound awkward??
Yes :D

Take a look again

The expected rise in the price of oil could( have a serious impact on industrialized nations

Is this fine??
I think Yes

So that leaves us with D and E

(You may find this very weird, but at times I do use my ears to spot errors:o)
IMO-E

(E) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility of having

IMPACT may cause a possibility=> action of impact will be continuous=>so present perfect.

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by real2008 » Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:30 am
gmat740 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.

Read the Red and Blue part together.
Do they sound awkward??
Yes :D

Take a look again

The expected rise in the price of oil could( have a serious impact on industrialized nations

Is this fine??
I think Yes


So that leaves us with D and E

(You may find this very weird, but at times I do use my ears to spot errors:o)
IMO-E

(E) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility of having

IMPACT may cause a possibility=> action of impact will be continuous=>so present perfect.

Hope this helps
But I find nothing wrong in C

(C) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility of having
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by rajanyadav » Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:58 pm
real2008 wrote:
gmat740 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.

Read the Red and Blue part together.
Do they sound awkward??
Yes :D

Take a look again

The expected rise in the price of oil could( have a serious impact on industrialized nations

Is this fine??
I think Yes


So that leaves us with D and E

(You may find this very weird, but at times I do use my ears to spot errors:o)
IMO-E

(E) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility of having

IMPACT may cause a possibility=> action of impact will be continuous=>so present perfect.

Hope this helps
But I find nothing wrong in C

(C) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility of having
could seriously impact on - The "on" is the problem here.
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by dumb.doofus » Thu Jul 09, 2009 6:53 pm
real2008 wrote:
gmat740 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.

Read the Red and Blue part together.
Do they sound awkward??
Yes :D

Take a look again

The expected rise in the price of oil could( have a serious impact on industrialized nations

Is this fine??
I think Yes


So that leaves us with D and E

(You may find this very weird, but at times I do use my ears to spot errors:o)
IMO-E

(E) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility of having

IMPACT may cause a possibility=> action of impact will be continuous=>so present perfect.

Hope this helps
But I find nothing wrong in C

(C) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility of having
Buddy... "on" is a preposition.. it can only link noun, pronoun and phrases..
In C seriously = adverb and impact is used as a verb.. so "seriously impact" cannot be the object of the preposition.

But in E serious = adjective and impact is used as a noun and so now you can use "on"..

Hope this helps..
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by bjp2008 » Thu Jul 09, 2009 7:19 pm
gmat740 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.

Read the Red and Blue part together.
Do they sound awkward??
Yes :D

Take a look again

The expected rise in the price of oil could( have a serious impact on industrialized nations

Is this fine??
I think Yes

So that leaves us with D and E

(You may find this very weird, but at times I do use my ears to spot errors:o)
IMO-E

(E) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility of having

IMPACT may cause a possibility=> action of impact will be continuous=>so present perfect.

Hope this helps
Whats wrong with D. Possibility of having --- Dosn't sound awkward. Any other takers???
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by lamhe » Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:27 pm
I am opting for E.....

Here is my reasoning.....
(A) Impact on is correct idiom...
(B) Adjective modified noun not adverbs hence serious is correct usage
(C) Same as B
(D) The possibility of is correct idiom...hence D is wrong
(E) Correct. serious modifies noun and possibility of is used...
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by mayur00 » Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:39 am
"possibility to" is incorrect. "possibility of" is the right construct. So we have a 3:2 split.

Between C and E, C is incorrect as "seriously impact on industrialized nations " is flawed.

So answer should be E.
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by vinayakdl » Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:44 pm
mayur00 wrote:"possibility to" is incorrect. "possibility of" is the right construct. So we have a 3:2 split.

Between C and E, C is incorrect as "seriously impact on industrialized nations " is flawed.

So answer should be E.
I dont think "possibility of" is less acceptable than "possibility to"? Please comment.

I agree with D. I think the two sides of "and" should be parallel and "having" does not support that...

Please post OA

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by rookiez » Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:55 pm
IMO C
seriously and severely are adverbs modifying could and hence are parallel
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by BlindVision » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:12 pm
real2008 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


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Choice E

3/2 split...

A, B, D out for using possiblity to, when it should be possibility of.

C & E left...

C is out for using seriously impact on industrialized nations. Thus, the price of oil could...seriously impact on industrialized nations is grammatically wrong, and sounds wrong, too.

Choice E
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by ketkoag » Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:26 pm
my 2 cents:
We impede/stall/hinder progress, and diminish/decrease/lessen possibility.
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by real2008 » Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:45 pm
dumb.doofus wrote:
real2008 wrote:
gmat740 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.

Read the Red and Blue part together.
Do they sound awkward??
Yes :D

Take a look again

The expected rise in the price of oil could( have a serious impact on industrialized nations

Is this fine??
I think Yes


So that leaves us with D and E

(You may find this very weird, but at times I do use my ears to spot errors:o)
IMO-E

(E) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility of having

IMPACT may cause a possibility=> action of impact will be continuous=>so present perfect.

Hope this helps
But I find nothing wrong in C

(C) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility of having
Buddy... "on" is a preposition.. it can only link noun, pronoun and phrases..
In C seriously = adverb and impact is used as a verb.. so "seriously impact" cannot be the object of the preposition.

But in E serious = adjective and impact is used as a noun and so now you can use "on"..

Hope this helps..
Pl bear with me.....

Object of the preposition 'on' is 'industrialized nations', I understand. Can you please clarify?
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by brick2009 » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:19 am
A /B /C are x....everyone agrees?

1.) Replace Could with CAN... and the sentence should make sense

This check alone with eliminate A/B/C

Could -> is a conditional possibility

2.) The error i found with E and D-> Meaning of the sentence


original sentence uses: Diminish

D --> impede
E --> Diminish (CORRECT)

just my 2 cents..Thanks for the discussion...
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