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by aspirant2011 » Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:55 am
Many financial experts believe that policy makers at the Federal Reserve, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are almost certain to leave interest rates unchanged for the foreseeable future.

A. Reserve, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are
B. Reserve, now viewing the economy to be balanced between that of moderate growth and low inflation and are
C. Reserve who, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are
D. Reserve, who now view the economy to be balanced between that of moderate growth and low inflation, will be
E. Reserve, which now views the economy to be balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, is

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by Sanjay2706 » Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:00 am
IMO D.
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by longbyte75 » Sun Jun 19, 2011 8:12 am
aspirant2011 wrote:Many financial experts believe that policy makers at the Federal Reserve, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are almost certain to leave interest rates unchanged for the foreseeable future.

A. Reserve, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are "now...inflation" modifies Fed Reserve instead of policy makers
B. Reserve, now viewing the economy to be balanced between that of moderate growth and low inflation and are - same as above
C. Reserve who, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are - correct as the phrase modifies who, which correctly points to policy makers.
D. Reserve, who now view the economy to be balanced between that of moderate growth and low inflation, will be - who refers to Fed Reserve
E. Reserve, which now views the economy to be balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, is - policy makers are plural.

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by sameerballani » Sun Jun 19, 2011 8:19 am
[spoiler]IMO: A[/spoiler]
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by aspirant2011 » Sun Jun 19, 2011 8:24 am
sameerballani wrote:[spoiler]IMO: A[/spoiler]
Can you please explain the reason of choosing A????
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by Frankenstein » Sun Jun 19, 2011 8:41 am
Hi,
view X as Y is idiom.
view X to be Y is incorrect. B,D,E are out
So, we are left with A,C
If we remove the modifier in C, the sentence will be:
Many financial experts believe that policy makers at the Federal Reserve who are almost certain to leave interest rates unchanged for the foreseeable future.
This sentence doesn't have main verb at all . So, it is a fragment and hence doesn't make complete sense. So, C is incorrect

Hence, A
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by ov25 » Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:09 am
imo C

Issues
A - ambiguous
B - same as above
C - Correct; clear as to who
D - who refers to Fed reserve; view to be balanced - unidiomatic (as balanced); 'that of' is wordy unnecessary
E - 'is' does not agree with policymakers
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by sameerballani » Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:21 am
aspirant2011 wrote:Many financial experts believe that policy makers at the Federal Reserve, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are almost certain to leave interest rates unchanged for the foreseeable future.

A. Reserve, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are
read it without modifier you will feel this is the most concise/straight forward sentence without any impact the meaning. S-V agreement is also ok.
B. Reserve, now viewing the economy to be balanced between that of moderate growth and low inflation and are
This needs to end the modifier somewhere. also the idiom is: view X as Y

C. Reserve who, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are
Also this sentence structure is : Many financial experts believe that X
I am not sure, i also feel that WHO should be placed next to policy makers

D. Reserve, who now view the economy to be balanced between that of moderate growth and low inflation, will be

E. Reserve, which now views the economy to be balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, is
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by aspirant2011 » Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:25 am
Frankenstein wrote:Hi,
view X as Y is idiom.
view X to be Y is incorrect. B,D,E are out
So, we are left with A,C
If we remove the modifier in C, the sentence will be:
Many financial experts believe that policy makers at the Federal Reserve who are almost certain to leave interest rates unchanged for the foreseeable future.
This sentence doesn't have main verb at all . So, it is a fragment and hence doesn't make complete sense. So, C is incorrect

Hence, A
yup thanks :-), I missed that point........
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by dv2020 » Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:26 am
Man as always you give such great expalnations......All the Best :)
Frankenstein wrote:Hi,
view X as Y is idiom.
view X to be Y is incorrect. B,D,E are out
So, we are left with A,C
If we remove the modifier in C, the sentence will be:
Many financial experts believe that policy makers at the Federal Reserve who are almost certain to leave interest rates unchanged for the foreseeable future.
This sentence doesn't have main verb at all . So, it is a fragment and hence doesn't make complete sense. So, C is incorrect

Hence, A
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by nafiul9090 » Tue Jun 21, 2011 2:42 am
aspirant2011 wrote:Many financial experts believe that policy makers at the Federal Reserve, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are almost certain to leave interest rates unchanged for the foreseeable future.

A. Reserve, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are
B. Reserve, now viewing the economy to be balanced between that of moderate growth and low inflation and are
C. Reserve who, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are
D. Reserve, who now view the economy to be balanced between that of moderate growth and low inflation, will be
E. Reserve, which now views the economy to be balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, is

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Hello

IMO A. "between that" is incorrect in B and D. in option C meaning is not clear. in option E wrong SVA

correct me if i am wrong

whts the OA

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by nafiul9090 » Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:15 am
Frankenstein wrote:Hi,
view X as Y is idiom.
view X to be Y is incorrect. B,D,E are out
So, we are left with A,C
If we remove the modifier in C, the sentence will be:
Many financial experts believe that policy makers at the Federal Reserve who are almost certain to leave interest rates unchanged for the foreseeable future.
This sentence doesn't have main verb at all . So, it is a fragment and hence doesn't make complete sense. So, C is incorrect

Hence, A
hello bro

if i consider "between X and y" idiom, i can still eliminate option B and D, and i eliminate C because modifier is not clear what it modifies. bro i cant understand ur reason of elimination of C.
could you please elaborate it a bit further...

i also add "view X as Y" idiom in my cart

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by Frankenstein » Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:37 am
dv2020 wrote:Man as always you give such great expalnations......All the Best :)
Thanks and same to you :)

nafiul9090 wrote: hello bro

if i consider "between X and y" idiom, i can still eliminate option B and D, and i eliminate C because modifier is not clear what it modifies. bro i cant understand ur reason of elimination of C.
could you please elaborate it a bit further...

i also add "view X as Y" idiom in my cart

regards nafi
Hi,
Consider C - Many financial experts believe that policy makers at the Federal Reserve who, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are almost certain to leave interest rates unchanged for the foreseeable future.
Consider the bold text(ignore the modifier)
I will make a similar construction with simpler words:
I believe that members of BTG who are almost certain to score high.
Does this sentence make any sense? It doesn't right? It lacks the main verb to make complete sense. The verb 'are' is part of the modifier.

Now remove 'who' from this.
The sentence will be:
I believe that members of BTG are almost certain to score high.
This sentence makes complete sense right? Because it has a main verb 'are'

That is why C is incorrect and A is correct.
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